David S Shields

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Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British AmericaPaperback, 26 May 1997

Civil Tongues and Polite Letters in British America
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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo
Part of Series
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American Hist
Print Length
382 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Omohundro Institute and Unc Press
Date Published
26 May 1997
ISBN-10
0807846562
ISBN-13
9780807846568

Description

In urban areas from Boston to Charleston, the elite men and women of eighteenth-century British America came together in a variety of private venues to communicate and interact. David Shields looks into the taverns, tea rooms, salons, coffee houses, card parties, clubs, and fraternities where these displays of civility took place. He argues that such spaces, formed outside the domain of the state, became key sites for elite discursive formation, for the articulation and enactment of the values of civility. In an important reinterpretation of early American literary history, he argues that the belles lettres generated for and within these institutions in fact represent a powerful colonial genre involving experimentation with manners and social identities. By examining the language and forms of various "texts" - including conversations, letters, privately circulated manuscripts, and other forms of expression - he reconstructs the discourse of civility that flourished in and further shaped elite society in British America.

Product Details

Author:
David S Shields
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
26 May 1997
Dimensions:
23.5 x 15.67 x 2.57 cm
Genre:
18th Century
ISBN-10:
0807846562
ISBN-13:
9780807846568
Language:
English
Location:
Chapel Hill
Pages:
382
Weight:
585.13 gm

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