03725nam 2200733 a 450 991077848410332120200520144314.00-8173-8166-X(CKB)1000000000794284(EBL)454473(OCoLC)424522015(SSID)ssj0000216837(PQKBManifestationID)11191080(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216837(PQKBWorkID)10215684(PQKB)10254669(MdBmJHUP)muse8889(Au-PeEL)EBL454473(CaPaEBR)ebr10309019(MiAaPQ)EBC454473(EXLCZ)99100000000079428420041222d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOur sisters' keepers[electronic resource] nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women /edited by Jill Bergman and Debra BernardiTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20051 online resource (313 p.)Studies in American literary realism and naturalismDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1467-9 0-8173-5193-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.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. 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 benevolence in favor of Emersonian self-reliance and Thoreau's insistence on an ascetic life. Women in the 19th century, as these essays show, approached issues of benevolence far differently than their male counterparts, consistently promoting assistance to the impoverished, in both their acts and their writings. <Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.American literature19th centuryHistory and criticismBenevolence in literatureLiterature and societyUnited StatesHistory19th centuryWomen and literatureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismCharity in literaturePoverty in literaturePoor in literatureAmerican literatureHistory and criticism.Benevolence in literature.Literature and societyHistoryWomen and literatureHistoryAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Charity in literature.Poverty in literature.Poor in literature.810.9/3556Bergman Jill1963-1579578Bernardi Debra1954-1579579MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778484103321Our sisters' keepers3859775UNINA