Politeness and Poetry in the Age of PopeInterest 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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... sense 9 of " manners " the traditional meaning , mores , " General way of life , morals ; habits , " but he also gives as sense 10 the more modern sense of " ceremonious behaviour ; studied civility . " This certainly reflects some of ...
... sense 9 of " manners " the traditional meaning , mores , " General way of life , morals ; habits , " but he also gives as sense 10 the more modern sense of " ceremonious behaviour ; studied civility . " This certainly reflects some of ...
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... sense . Several of them , indeed , have Whig antecedents , and it has been said that Gay was never a Tory . But " Old Whig " or " Country " elements in their thinking assimilate well with the landed inter- est they espouse with varying ...
... sense . Several of them , indeed , have Whig antecedents , and it has been said that Gay was never a Tory . But " Old Whig " or " Country " elements in their thinking assimilate well with the landed inter- est they espouse with varying ...
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... sense that the town is the real center of life . This also relates to problems about leisure and labor . Parnell has a strong moralistic sense that idleness is bad . This need not be incompatible as such with an aristocratic sense of ...
... sense that the town is the real center of life . This also relates to problems about leisure and labor . Parnell has a strong moralistic sense that idleness is bad . This need not be incompatible as such with an aristocratic sense of ...
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