Hypocrisy and the politics of politeness manners and morals from Locke to Austen
"In Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness, 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 the medium of eighteenth-century Britain's culture of politeness. In the debate a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press
2004.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39680307*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
