Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors and Editors -- Ancient Egyptian Politeness throughout the Ages -- Approaches, Questions, and Results -- M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro and Aurore Motte -- 1 The Study of Politeness in Ancient Languages—Methodological Notes -- Dániel Z. Kádár and Juliane House -- 2 J.nḏ-ḥr.k “Protect your face!”: Addressing Politeness in the Pyramid Texts -- Brendan Hainline -- 3 Solidarity Politeness in Old Kingdom Speech Captions -- Aurore Motte -- 4 Ritual, (Im‑)politeness, and Social Order in the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period Letters to the Dead in Comparison with Letters to the Living -- M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro -- 5 Phraseology and Motivation in Heqanakht’s Letters -- James P. Allen -- 6 (Im)polite Behaviors in Ancient Egyptian Fictional Stories -- Nikolaos Lazaridis -- 7 Exploring Third-Party (Im)politeness in the Late Ramesside Letters -- Kim Ridealgh -- 8 (Im)politeness, Irony and Hierarchical Status: Pragmatic Anchorage of the Ancient Egyptian Fictional Narrative -- Gaëlle Chantrain -- 9 L’impolitesse comme source de divertissement et d’éducation: l’exemple de la Lettre satirique -- Nathalie Sojic -- 10 Appearance and Reality in Setne’s Dialogue with “Pharaoh” in First Setne 5.31–35 -- Joseph Cross -- 11 Politeness and Impoliteness in Coptic Documents: The Correspondence of the Monk Frange in 8th Century Thebes -- Jennifer Cromwell and Alain Delattre -- Index.

(Im)politeness in Ancient Egypt is the first book-length study of (im)politeness in ancient Egyptian texts. Leading experts in their respective corpora examine a range of textual sources spanning approximately 2,000 years, using the latest frameworks for analyzing language in usage. This edited volume asks how ancient Egyptians adapted and modified their language to persuade, complain, or mock, and how they assessed the risks and benefits of communicating with those above or below them in the social hierarchy. The papers explore whether ancient Egyptians used politeness freely and strategically, or were constrained by mandatory social rules. The documents presented, translated, and analyzed in this book include personal letters, ritual utterances, fictional stories, dialogue captions in tomb scenes, and messages to dead relatives.

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