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Sucking up: a brief consideration of sycophancy

Parker, Deborah; Parker, Mark

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Abstract

Introduction -- "Fittest imp of fraud" -- Word sounds and histories -- Cautionary tales -- The science of sycophancy -- Literature and sycophancy -- Sycophancy as an art form -- Sycophancy on the silver screen -- Transformative sycophancy -- How low can one go?

Subjects

Toadyism

Languages

English

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

ISBN

9780813940892, 9780813940908

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