Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen

by Jenny Davidson

Book Overview

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 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521835232
• ISBN13: 9780521835237
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"