Pożytki i szkody płynące z lektury według poradników savoir‑vivre’u z lat 1806—1939
Benefits and damages deriving from reading according to savoir‑vivre handbooks from 1806 to 1939

Author(s): Anna Zdanowicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: Problems connected with a book, magazines and reading usually constitute a margin of considerationsin handbooks of good manners, yet appear in most of them. The article bases on 59 handbooks ofgood manners from 1806 to 1939 published in Polish. Basing on them, the development of a reflection onreadings can be divided into three stages. In the first half of the 19th century when the savoir‑vivrehandbooksput the greatest deal of emphasis on the character of a well‑bredperson, an isolating and escapingfunction of a book and its bad influence on the scholars and dreamers was condemned. In the second halfof the 19th century when lack of knowledge within savoir‑vivreprinciples was criticized also scientificignorance and the lack of knowledge of the most vital issues of contemporary culture were not accepted.As late as between 1919 and 1939 the appropriate sources of information and means of using them wereindicated, and reading more ambitious books was encouraged.

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