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Category : Etiquette
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Chesterfield's Art of Letter-writing Simplified
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Category : Etiquette
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Category : Etiquette
Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Letter-writing Manuals and Instruction from Antiquity to the Present
Author: Carol Poster
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570036514
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Once nearly as ubiquitous as dictionaries and cookbooks are today, letter-writing manuals and their predecessors served to instruct individuals not only on the art of letter composition but also, in effect, on personal conduct. Poster and Mitchell contend that the study of letter-writing theory, which bridges rhetorical theory and grammatical studies, represents an emerging discipline in need of definition. In this volume, they gather the contributions of eleven experts to sketch the contours of epistolary theory and collect the historic and bibliographic materials - from Isocrates to email - that form the basis for its study.
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570036514
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Once nearly as ubiquitous as dictionaries and cookbooks are today, letter-writing manuals and their predecessors served to instruct individuals not only on the art of letter composition but also, in effect, on personal conduct. Poster and Mitchell contend that the study of letter-writing theory, which bridges rhetorical theory and grammatical studies, represents an emerging discipline in need of definition. In this volume, they gather the contributions of eleven experts to sketch the contours of epistolary theory and collect the historic and bibliographic materials - from Isocrates to email - that form the basis for its study.
The Best Letters of Lord Chesterfield
Author: Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Letters of Philop Dormer, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, to His Godson and Successor
Author: Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Publisher:
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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A Selection from the Letters of Lord Chesterfield to His Son and His Godson, 1742 to 1772
Author: Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Lord Chesterfield's Letters
Author: Lord Chesterfield
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199554846
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
`My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.' So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences between a father and son. Chesterfield wrote almost daily to his natural son, Philip, from 1737 onwards, providing him with instruction in etiquette and the worldly arts. Praised in their day as a complete manual of education, and despised by Samuel Johnson for teaching `the morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing-master', these letters reflect the political craft of a leading statesman and the urbane wit of a man who associated with Pope, Addison, and Swift. The letters reveal Chesterfield's political cynicism and his belief that his country had `always been goverened by the only two or three people, out of two or three millions, totally incapable of governing', as well as his views on good breeding. Not originally intended for publication, this entertaining correspondence illuminates fascinating aspects of eighteenth-century life and manners. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199554846
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
`My object is to have you fit to live; which, if you are not, I do not desire that you should live at all.' So wrote Lord Chesterfield in one of the most celebrated and controversial correspondences between a father and son. Chesterfield wrote almost daily to his natural son, Philip, from 1737 onwards, providing him with instruction in etiquette and the worldly arts. Praised in their day as a complete manual of education, and despised by Samuel Johnson for teaching `the morals of a whore and the manners of a dancing-master', these letters reflect the political craft of a leading statesman and the urbane wit of a man who associated with Pope, Addison, and Swift. The letters reveal Chesterfield's political cynicism and his belief that his country had `always been goverened by the only two or three people, out of two or three millions, totally incapable of governing', as well as his views on good breeding. Not originally intended for publication, this entertaining correspondence illuminates fascinating aspects of eighteenth-century life and manners. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The United States Catalog
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Lord Chesterfield and His World
Author: Samuel Shellabager
Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN: 9780819602718
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Publisher: Biblo & Tannen Publishers
ISBN: 9780819602718
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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The Book of 1000 Comical Stories
Author: Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber
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Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 314
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The Gregg Writer
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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