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“Since it is the case that you are now just beginning that journey that I have for the most part as you see completed, that is, the one through mortal life, and loving you so very much as I do, I have proposed to myself—as one who has been many places—to show you those places in life where, walking through them, I fear you could easily either fall or take the wrong direction.”So begins Galateo, a treatise on polite behavior written by Giovanni Della Casa (1503–56) for the benefit of his nephew, a young Florentine destined for greatness.           In the voice of a cranky yet genial old uncle, Della Casa offers the distillation of what he has learned over a lifetime of public service as diplomat and papal nuncio. As relevant today as it was in Renaissance Italy, Galateo deals with subjects as varied as dress codes, charming conversation and off-color jokes, eating habits and hairstyles, and literary language. In its time, Galateo circulated as widely as Machiavelli’s Prince and Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier. Mirroring what Machiavelli did for promoting political behavior, and what Castiglione did for behavior at court, Della Casa here creates a picture of the refined man caught in a world in which embarrassment and vulgarity prevail. Less a treatise promoting courtly values or a manual of savoir faire, it is rather a meditation on conformity and the law, on perfection and rules, but also an exasperated—often theatrical—reaction to the diverse ways in which people make fools of themselves in everyday social situations.           With renewed interest in etiquette and polite behavior growing both inside and outside the academy, the time is right for a new, definitive edition of this book. More than a mere etiquette book, this restored edition will be entertaining (and even useful) for anyone making their way in modern civilized and polite society, and a subtle gift for the rude neighbor, the thoughtless dinner guest, or the friend or relative in need of a refresher on proper behavior. Etiquette - Wikipedia Etiquette (/ t k t / or / t k t / French: ) is a code of behavior that delineates expectations for social behavior according to ... Browse By Author: C - Project Gutenberg Caballero Fernn 1796-1877 De Faber y Larrea Cecilia Francisca Josefa Bhl; Wikipedia; La gaviota (Spanish) (as Author) La Gaviota A Spanish novel (English ... Customs and Etiquette in Italy - Rick's Rome 35 Customs and Etiquette in Italy. Everybody knows (or at least assumes) that Italians are a warm friendly people. But beneath the surface of this easy genteel ... Etiquette - definition of etiquette by The Free Dictionary I did not need a manual of green Martian etiquette to know what reply to make for in fact I was so wild with anger that I could scarcely refrain from drawing my ... Etiquet - definition of Etiquet by The Free Dictionary The forecastle of the 'Narcissus' is once "quiet as a cathedral" (NN 112) and the etiquet te of the forecastle required of the sailors "ceremonious silence" (NN 48).
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