Author: Jane CollierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
Author: Jane CollierPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
An Essay on the Art of ingeniously tormenting; with proper rules for the exercise of that pleasant art, etc. [By Jane Collier.]
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Author: An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (Old Edition)
Author: Jane CollierPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0192805525
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
'Now the sport begins!' An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting is the first English book on the craft of nagging. A bitingly funny social satire, it is also an advice book, a handbook of anti-etiquette, and a comedy of manners. Collier describes methods for 'teasing and mortifying' one's intimates and acquaintances in a variety of social situations by taking advantage of their affections and goodwill. Written primarily for wives, mothers, and the mistresses of servants, The Art suggests the difficulties women experienced exerting their influence in private and public life - and the ways they got round them. In anatomizing the art of emotional abuse Collier piques readers into acknowledging their own faults, and persuades them that tormenting is a useful skill, even as she censures its effects. The Art provides a fascinating glimpse into eighteenth-century daily life, the treatment of servants and dependants and the bringing up of children, and is a thrilling precursor to the art of Jane Austen.
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Author: Henry Sotheran LtdAn Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting
Author: Jane CollierPublisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770484426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Perhaps the first extended non-fiction prose satire written by an English woman, Jane Collier’s An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (1753) is a wickedly satirical send-up of eighteenth-century advice manuals and educational tracts. It takes the form of a mock advice manual in which the speaker instructs her readers in the arts of tormenting, offering advice on how to torment servants, humble companions and spouses, and on how to bring one’s children up to be a torment to others. The work’s satirical style, which focuses on the different kinds of power that individuals exercise over one another, follows in the footsteps of Jonathan Swift and paves the way for Jane Austen. This Broadview edition uses the first edition, the only edition published during the author’s lifetime. The appendices include excerpts from texts that influenced the essay (by Sarah Fielding, Jonathan Swift, Francis Coventry); excerpts from later texts that were influenced by it (by Maria Edgeworth, Frances Burney, Jane Austen); and relevant writings on education and conduct (by John Locke, George Savile, Dr. John Gregory).
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Author: Sylvia Kasey MarksPublisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780838750902
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The first book-length monograph to examine Samuel Richardson's last and least-known work. Marks considers this novel a natural outgrowth and culmination of the conduct-book form -- indeed, the finest example of the genre.
Strawberry Hill. Catalogue of a Singularly Choice Collection of Rare and Valuable Books, in the Various Departments of Literature; Comprising Early English Poetry & Plays; British and Foreign History and Biography; Black Letter and Privately Printed Books; ... Principally from the Collection of Horace Walpole. ... Offered at the Prices Affixed to Each Article
Author: William StrongStrawberry Hill
Author: A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain
Author: Samuel HalkettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms, English
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Free Library
Author: Manchester Public Libraries (Manchester, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 1670
Book Description
"The Catalogue ... has been prepared with a view to accomplish two objects. One, to offer an inventory of all the books on the shelves of the Reference Department of the Manchester Free Library: the other, to supply ... a ready Key both to the subjects of the books, and to the names of the authors." - v. 1, the compiler to the reader.