Using the devil with courtesy : Shakespeare and the language of (im)politeness /
Renaissance England was marked by a pervasive culture of courtesy. The research hypothesis of this book is that verbal courtesy, for historical and social reasons involving social mobility and the crisis produced by the clash between different systems of thought (Humanism, Catholicism, Protestantism...
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| Language: | English |
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Bern :
Peter Lang,
[2018]
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| Series: | Linguistic insights ;
v. 253. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Introducing (im)politeness
- (Im)politeness and teh Early Modern Period
- Speaking daggers: (im)polite strategies in Hamlet
- The gendering of (im)politeness: The Taming of the Shrew.
