The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette: The Manual of Politeness - Softcover

Hartley, Cecil B. B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1979325693 ISBN 13: 9781979325691

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

The Gentlemen’s Book of Etiquette

The Manual of Politeness

By Cecil B. Hartley

During the Enlightenment era, a self-conscious process of the imposition of polite norms and behaviours became a symbol of being a genteel member of the upper class. Upwardly mobile middle class bourgeoisie increasingly tried to identify themselves with the elite through their adopted artistic preferences and their standards of behaviour.

They became preoccupied with precise rules of etiquette, such as when to show emotion, the art of elegant dress and graceful conversation and how to act courteously, especially with women. Influential in this new discourse was a series of essays on the nature of politeness in a commercial society, penned by the philosopher Lord Shaftesbury in the early 18th century. Shaftesbury defined politeness as the art of being pleasing in company:

'Politeness' may be defined a dext'rous management of our words and actions, whereby we make other people have better opinion of us and themselves.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1979325693
• ISBN 13: 9781979325691
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168