Politeness and Poetry in the Age of PopeFairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1989 - 166 Seiten Interest in politeness in the eighteenth century is shown to reflect anxiety about social change and indicate a search for guidelines in a newly commercialized society. Evident is the dilemma of poets such as Parnell, Prior, Swift, Gay, and Pope. |
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... women was part of the general complex of social and political enlightenment . Meanwhile new conditions of labor made domestic manufacture redundant and so reduced women's productive economic role.33 At the same time the rentier and ...
... women was part of the general complex of social and political enlightenment . Meanwhile new conditions of labor made domestic manufacture redundant and so reduced women's productive economic role.33 At the same time the rentier and ...
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... women in the period.12 Once again too it is the accusation of idleness that seems to have a special fascination . On the one hand idleness is presented as normative for women , stemming from their original creation , part of the very ...
... women in the period.12 Once again too it is the accusation of idleness that seems to have a special fascination . On the one hand idleness is presented as normative for women , stemming from their original creation , part of the very ...
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... women are a great civilizing agent , and the refusal to admit them properly to social life has led to a decline in modern politeness . Yet at the same Swift also undeniably projects on to women as the " low - Other " all the dirt and ...
... women are a great civilizing agent , and the refusal to admit them properly to social life has led to a decline in modern politeness . Yet at the same Swift also undeniably projects on to women as the " low - Other " all the dirt and ...
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Preface | 7 |
Politics the Poet | 30 |
Politeness | 43 |
Urheberrecht | |
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