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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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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; introduction The revolution in manners in eighteenth-century prose; chapter one Hypocrisy and the servant problem; chapter two Gallantry, adultery and the principles of politeness; chapter three Revolutions in female manners; chapter four Hypocrisy and the novel i: Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded; chapter five Hypocrisy and the novel ii: a modest question about Mansfield Park; coda Politeness and its costs; Notes; Bibliography; Index