In praise of flattery [[electronic resource] /] / Willis Goth Regier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778121703321
• Autore: Regier Willis Goth
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2007
• ISBN: 1-281-09232-0; 9786611092320; 0-8032-1399-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Collana: Stages
• Disciplina: 177/.3
• Soggetti: Etiquette; Flattery; Praise
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-181) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Welcome -- Flatter yourself -- Why flatter? -- How to flatter -- The flatteree -- Dangers -- Heroism of flattery -- To flatter God -- Farewell.
• Sommario/riassunto: Where would we be without flattery? Giving flattery light, attention, and care, this title treats readers to hundreds of historical examples drawn from the highest social circles in politics, romance, and religion, from the courts of Byzantium and China to Paris, Rome, and Washington, DC.