ISBN:
0521835232
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0511193998
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 242 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness : Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen
DDC:
395.0941
Keywords:
Locke, John Ethics
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Austen, Jane Ethics
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Hypocrisy in literature
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Ethics in literature
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Moral conditions in literature
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English literature History and criticism 18th century
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Courtesy in literature
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Literature and society History 18th century
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Etiquette in literature
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English literature ; 18th century ; History and criticism
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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 hypocrisy
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-229) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
