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Hypocrisy and the politics of politeness : manners and morals from Locke to Austen /
Jenny Davidson considers the arguments that define hypocrisy as a moral and political virtue in its own right. She shows that these were arguments that thrived in eighteenth-century Britain's culture of politeness. Davidson examines the attitude of such writers as Locke and Austen towards hypoc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- introduction The revolution in manners in eighteenth-century prose
- chapter one Hypocrisy and the servant problem
- i
- ii
- iii
- iv
- chapter two Gallantry, adultery and the principles of politeness
- i
- ii
- iii
- iv
- chapter three Revolutions in female manners
- i
- ii
- iii
- iv
- v
- chapter four Hypocrisy and the novel i: Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
- i
- ii
- iii
- iv
- v
- vi
- chapter five Hypocrisy and the novel ii: a modest question about Mansfield Park
- i
- ii
- iii
- coda Politeness and its costs
- Notes
- INTRODUCTION: THE REVOLUTION IN MANNERS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PROSE
- 1 HYPOCRISY AND THE SERVANT PROBLEM
- 2 GALLANTRY, ADULTERY AND THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITENESS
- 3 REVOLUTIONS IN FEMALE MANNERS
- 4 HYPOCRISY AND THE NOVEL I: PAMELA, OR VIRTUE REWARDED
- 5 HYPOCRISY AND THE NOVEL II: A MODEST QUESTION ABOUT MANSFIELD PARK
- CODA: POLITENESS AND ITS COSTS
- Bibliography.