Manners, Norms and Transgressions in the History of English
Literary and linguistic approaches
This volume traces the multifaceted concept of manners in the history of English from the late medieval through the early and late modern periods right up to the present day. It focuses in particular on transgressions of manners and norms of behaviour as an analytical tool to shed light on the discourse of polite conduct and styles of writing. The papers collected in this volume adopt both literary and linguistic perspectives. The fictional sources range from medieval romances and Shakespearean plays to eighteenth-century drama, Lewis Carroll’s Alice books and present-day television comedy drama. The non-fictional data includes conduct books, medical debates and petitions written by lower class women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The contributions focus in particular on the following questions: What are the social and political ideologies behind rules of etiquette and norms of interaction, and what can we learn from blunders and other transgressions?
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 312] 2020. viii, 298 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 21 July 2020
Published online on 21 July 2020
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Preface
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Manners, norms and transgressions: IntroductionIrma Taavitsainen and Andreas H. Jucker | pp. 1–23
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Ipomedon and the elusive nature of blunders in the courtly literature of medieval EnglandTatjana Silec-Plessis | pp. 25–49
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Unrestrained acting and norms of behaviour: Excess and instruction in The Legend of Good WomenLaura Pereira Domínguez | pp. 51–74
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Blunders and (un)intentional offence in ShakespeareUrszula Kizelbach | pp. 75–99
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The discourse of manners and politeness in Restoration and eighteenth-century dramaAndreas H. Jucker | pp. 101–120
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“This Demon Anger”: Politeness, conversation and control in eighteenth-century conduct books for young womenErzsi Kukorelly | pp. 121–140
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A medical debate of “heated pamphleteering” in the early eighteenth centuryIrma Taavitsainen | pp. 141–163
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Transgressions as a socialisation strategy in Samuel Richardson’s The Apprentice’s Vade Mecum (1734)Polina Shvanyukova | pp. 165–182
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Variations from letter-writing manuals: Humble petitions signed by women in Late Modern LondonNuria Calvo Cortés | pp. 183–212
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Impoliteness in Blunderland: Carroll’s Alice books and the manners in which manners failIsabel Ermida | pp. 213–246
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“Collect a thousand loyalty points and you get a free coffin”: Creative impoliteness in the TV comedy drama Doc MartinSteve Buckledee | pp. 247–269
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“Meaning you have been known to act rashly”: How Molly Weasley negotiates her identity as a moral authority in conflicts in the Harry Potter seriesJana Pelclová | pp. 271–293
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Name index | pp. 295–296
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Subject index | pp. 297–298
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Subjects
Literature & Literary Studies
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009030: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Pragmatics