Research Catalog

Title

Manners, norms and transgressions in the history of English : literary and linguistic approaches / edited by Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich ; Irma Taavitsainen, University of Helsinki.

Publication

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jucker, Andreas H.
• Taavitsainen, Irma

Description

viii, 298 pages : color illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

"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 century. 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?"--

Series Statement

Pragmatics & beyond new series (P&BNS) ; volume 312

Uniform Title

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 312.

Subject

• Politeness (Linguistics)
• English language > Semantics
• English language > History
• Courtesy in literature
• Etiquette in literature
• English literature > History and criticism
• English language
• English literature

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Preface -- Manners, norms and transgressions : Introduction / lrma Taavitsainen and Andreas H. Jucker -- Ipomedon and the elusive nature of blunders in the courtly literature of medieval England / Tatjana Silec-Plessis -- Unrestrained acting and norms of behaviour : Excess and instruction in The Legend of Good Women / Laura Pereira Domínguez -- Blunders and (un)intentional offence in Shakespeare / Urszula Kizelbach -- The discourse of manners and politeness in Restoration and eighteenth-century drama / Andreas H. Jucker -- "This Demon Anger" : Politeness, conversation and control in eighteenth century conduct books for young women / Erzsi Kukorelly -- A medical debate of "heated pamphleteering" in the early eighteenth century / lrma Taavitsainen -- Transgressions as a socialisation strategy in Samuel Richardson's The Apprentice's Vade Mecum (1734) / Polina Shvanyukova -- Variations from letter-writing manuals : Humble petitions signed by-women in Late Modern London / Nuria Calvo Cortés -- Impoliteness in Blunderland : Carroll's Alice books and the manners in which manners fail / Isabel Ermida -- "Collect a thousand loyalty points and you get a free coffin" : Creative impoliteness in the TV comedy drama Doc Martin / Steve Buckledee -- "Meaning you have been known to act rashly" : How Molly Weasley negotiates her identity as a moral authority in conflicts in the Harry Potter series / Jana Pelclová -- Name index -- Subject index.

Call Number

JFE 21-2401

ISBN

• 9789027207463
• 9027207461
• 9789027260826 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2020020138

OCLC

1154111549

Title

Manners, norms and transgressions in the history of English : literary and linguistic approaches / edited by Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich ; Irma Taavitsainen, University of Helsinki.

Publisher

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Pragmatics & beyond new series (P&BNS) ; volume 312

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 312.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Jucker, Andreas H., editor.

Taavitsainen, Irma, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Manners, norms and transgressions in the history of English Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020. 9789027260826 (DLC) 2020020139

Research Call Number

JFE 21-2401