Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

Lord Chesterfield, Letters written to his son (Annotated) Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Lord Chesterfield, Letters written to his son by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield. The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. Originally not intended to be published, the celebrated and controversial correspondences between Lord Chesterfield and his son Philip, dating from 1737, were praised in their day as a comprehensive manual of education, and Samuel Johnson despised them for teaching "the morals of a prostitute and the manners of a dance master. " Reflecting the political profession of a prominent statesman and the urban ingenuity of a man who associated with Pope, Addison, and Swift, Lord Chesterfield's letters reveal the author's political cynicism, his views on good upbringing, and instructions to his son about etiquette and the world. letters. The only annotated selection of this breadth available in paperback, these entertaining letters illuminate the fascinating aspects of eighteenth-century life and manners. Philip Dormer Stanhope