{"product_id":"hypocrisy-and-the-politics-of-politeness-manners-and-morals-from-locke-to-austen-paperback-9780521047388","title":"Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness; Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521047388","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eManners and Morals from Locke to Austen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavidson examines the attitude of such writers as Locke and Austen towards hypocrisy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJenny Davidson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521047388, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 November 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.396 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… is a model of its type - a timely, tightly argued and restlessly provocative monograph.' The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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 about the balance between truthfulness and politeness, Davidson argues that eighteenth-century writers from Locke to Austen come down firmly on the side of politeness. This is the case even when it is associated with dissimulation or hypocrisy. These writers argue that the open profession of vice is far more dangerous for society than even the most glaring discrepancies between what people say in public and what they do in private. This book explores what happens when controversial arguments in favour of hypocrisy enter the mainstream, making it increasingly hard to tell the difference between hypocrisy and more obviously attractive qualities like modesty, self-control and tact.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: the revolution in manners in eighteenth-century prose\u003cbr\u003e 1. Hypocrisy and the servant problem\u003cbr\u003e 2. Gallantry, adultery and the principles of politeness\u003cbr\u003e 3. Revolutions in female manners\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hypocrisy and the novel I: Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded\u003cbr\u003e 5. Hypocrisy and the novel II: a modest question about Mansfield Park\u003cbr\u003e Coda: politeness and its costs\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000582361368,"sku":"9780521047388","price":39.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521047388i_73920e40-c46f-44ff-b802-688b3a77ee26.jpg?v=1694968670","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hypocrisy-and-the-politics-of-politeness-manners-and-morals-from-locke-to-austen-paperback-9780521047388","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}