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Courtesy Books; Model Letters
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Carey McIntosh
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents VII
- Acknowledgments VIII
- Introduction 1
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Chapter 1: Lower-Class English, 1660—1800
- Texts 13
- Contexts 36
- Prescriptive Grammars 45
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Chapter 2: Courtly-Genteel Prose
- The Language of Diplomacy and Petition 73
- Love and Courtship 78
- Letters of High Friendship 82
- Courtesy Books; Model Letters 84
- Chivalric Romance 88
- Prayer 91
- The Ancestry of Courtly-Genteel Prose 93
- Summary 98
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Chapter 3: Applications
- Hawkesworth's Revisions (1773) of Captain Cook (1770) 105
- Evelina 114
- Tom Jones and Clarissa 118
- Humphry Clinker 130
- Bows and Curtsies: Courtly Letters 137
- Bibliography 149
- Index 163
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents VII
- Acknowledgments VIII
- Introduction 1
-
Chapter 1: Lower-Class English, 1660—1800
- Texts 13
- Contexts 36
- Prescriptive Grammars 45
-
Chapter 2: Courtly-Genteel Prose
- The Language of Diplomacy and Petition 73
- Love and Courtship 78
- Letters of High Friendship 82
- Courtesy Books; Model Letters 84
- Chivalric Romance 88
- Prayer 91
- The Ancestry of Courtly-Genteel Prose 93
- Summary 98
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Chapter 3: Applications
- Hawkesworth's Revisions (1773) of Captain Cook (1770) 105
- Evelina 114
- Tom Jones and Clarissa 118
- Humphry Clinker 130
- Bows and Curtsies: Courtly Letters 137
- Bibliography 149
- Index 163