Les lettres de Lord Chesterfield : decency, ou salvation by « Les Grâces »

This contribution explores the notion of « decency » in Lord Chesterfield’s letters to his son. Against the familiar assumption that decency is an inherently English disposition, the discussion first introduces Chesterfield as G Orwell’s inverted image. The study of C...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thierry Labica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Maison de la Recherche en Sciences Humaines 2015-02-01
Series:Revue LISA
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/lisa/8051