A ARTE DE ADAPTAR LIVROS NO SÉCULO XIX

O NOVO SECRETÁRIO PORTUGUÊS OU O CÓDIGO EPISTOLAR, POR J. I. ROQUETTE

Abstract

In Brazil, José Ignacio Roquette is well known by the book Código do Bom-tom. Your epistolary manual was first published under the title Código epistolar (or rules and warnings to write with elegance all sorts of letters, accompanied by models on all matters ) in 1846, in Paris, is an extension of the Letter section from Código do Bom-tom. The only difference is the addition of a considerable number of examples of various types of letters. The Código was provided in letters to the Portuguese and Brazilian youths, and it is part of series of works called literarture of civility, that were guided by terms such as courtesy, civility and politeness terms which at the time should also include people who lived in Brazil Imperial. In this paper, we discuss the mechanisms used by the author to his manual of civilities in a epistolary manual, more popular with a wider audience outside the school environment.