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UNINA9910778484103321 |
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Titolo |
Our sisters' keepers [[electronic resource] ] : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women / / edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BergmanJill <1963-> |
BernardiDebra <1954-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Benevolence in literature |
Literature and society - United States - History - 19th century |
Women and literature - United States - History - 19th century |
American literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
Charity in literature |
Poverty in literature |
Poor in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Stories of the poorhouse / Karen Tracey -- Representing the "deserving poor" / Lori Merish -- "Dedicated to works of beneficence" / Mary Templin -- Reforming women's reform literature / Whitney A. Womack -- "The right to be let alone" / Debra Bernardi -- Women's charity vs. scientific philanthropy in Sarah Orne Jewett / Monika Elbert -- "Oh the poor women!" / Jill Bergman -- Frances Harper's poverty relief mission in the African American community / Terry D. Novak -- "To reveal the humble immigrant parents to their own children" / Sarah E. Chinn -- Character's conduct / James Salazar. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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American culture has long had a conflicted relationship with assistance to the poor. Cotton Mather and John Winthrop were staunch proponents of Christian charity as fundamental to colonial American society, while transcendentalists harbored deep skepticism towards |
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