Conduct Book

Conduct books are a genre of books that attempt to educate the reader on social norms. As a genre, they began in the mid-to-late Middle Ages, although antecedents such as The Maxims of Ptahhotep (ca. 2350 BC) are among the earliest surviving works. Conduct books remained popular through the 18th century, although they gradually declined with the advent of the novel.

Famous quotes containing the words conduct and/or book:

    “Sweet peace conduct his sweet soul to the bosom
    Of good old Abraham!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination.”
    —Stephen Vizinczey (b. 1933)