Editing Etiquette (section)

===Courtesy books===
; 16th century
''[[The Book of the Courtier]]'' (1528), by [[Baldassare Castiglione]], identified the manners and the [[morals]] required by socially ambitious men and women for success in a [[royal court]] of the [[Italian Renaissance]] (14th–17th c.); as an etiquette text, ''The Courtier'' was an influential [[courtesy book]] in 16th-century Europe.

''[[On Civility in Children]]'' (1530), by [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]], instructs boys in the means of becoming a young man; how to walk and talk, speak and act in the company of adults. The practical advice for acquiring adult self-awareness includes explanations of the symbolic meanings—for adults—of a boy's [[body language]] when he is fidgeting and yawning, scratching and bickering. On completing Erasmus's curriculum of etiquette, the boy has learnt that [[civility]] is the point of good manners: the adult ability to 'readily ignore the faults of others, but avoid falling short, yourself,' in being civilised.<ref>{{cite book|author=Erasmus of Rotterdam|title=A Handbook on Good Manners for Children: De civilitate morum puerilium libellus|year=1536|translator-first=E.|translator-last=Merchant|location=London|publisher=Preface Publishing}}</ref>

; 20th century
''[[Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home]]'' (1922), by [[Emily Post]] documents the "trivialities" of desirable conduct in daily life, and provided pragmatic approaches to the practice of good manners—the social conduct expected and appropriate for the events of life, such as a [[baptism]], a [[wedding]], and a [[funeral]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Post|first1=P.|last2=Post|first2=A.|last3=Post|first3=L.|last4=Senning|first4=D.P.|title=Emily Post's Etiquette|edition=18th|year=2011|location=New York|publisher=William Morrow}}</ref>

As didactic texts, books of etiquette (the conventional rules of personal behaviour in polite society) usually feature explanatory titles, such as ''The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society'' (1860), by [[Florence Hartley]];<ref>{{cite web |first=Florence |last=Hartley |year=1860 |title=The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness: A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society |location=Boston |publisher=G.W. Cottrell |url= https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35123/35123-h/35123-h.htm}}</ref> ''[[Amy Vanderbilt]]'s Complete Book of Etiquette'' (1957);<ref>{{cite book|last=Vanderbilt|first=A.|year=1957|title=Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette|location=New York|publisher=Doubleday & Company}}</ref> ''Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior'' (1979), by [[Judith Martin]];<ref>{{cite book|last=Martin|first=J.|year=1979|title=Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior|location=New York|publisher=W.W. Norton & Company}}</ref> and ''Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners'' (2013), by [[Sandi Toksvig]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Toksvig|first=S.|year=2013|title=Peas & Queues: The Minefield of Modern Manners|location=London|publisher=Profile Books Ltd.}}</ref> Such books present ranges of civility, socially acceptable behaviours for their respective times. Each author cautions the reader that to be a well-mannered person they must practise good manners in their [[public sphere|public]] and [[private sphere|private]] lives.

The ''[[How Rude!]]'' comic-book series addresses and discusses adolescent perspectives and questions of etiquette, social manners, and civility.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Ellen R.|last=Delisio|url=http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/chat/chat139.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Teaching Manners in a Manner-less World|journal=Education World|date=4 July 2005|access-date=27 July 2018|archive-date=10 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410081442/http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/chat/chat139.shtml}}</ref>