Title Philanthropic discourse in Anglo-American literature, 1850-1920 / edited by Frank Q. Christianson and Leslee Thorne-Murphy

Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies Philanthropic and nonprofit studies. Contents Cover; Contents; Preface: Telescopic Philanthropy Redeemed; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Writing Philanthropy in the United States and Britain; 1 The Poverty of Sympathy; 2 Self-Undermining Philanthropic Impulses: Philanthropy in the Mirror of Narrative; 3 Education as Violation and Benefit: Doctrinal Debate and the Contest for India's Girls; 4 Urban Reform and the Plight of the Poor in Women's Journalistic Writing; 5 Lady Bountiful for the Empire: Upper-Class Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society; 6 Patrons, Philanthropists, and Professionals: Henry James's Roderick Hudson 7 "Witnessing Them Day after Day": Ethical Spectatorship and Liberal Reform in Walter Besant's Children of Gibeon8 "The Orthodox Creed of the Business World"? Philanthropy and Liberal Individualism in Edith Wharton's The Fruit of the Tree; 9 Sustaining Gendered Philanthropy through Transatlantic Friendship: Jane Addams, Henrietta Barnett, and Writing for Reciprocal Mentoring; Conclusion; Afterword: Follow the Money; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z Summary From the mid-19th century until the rise of the modern welfare state in the early 20th century, Anglo-American philanthropic giving gained an unprecedented measure of cultural authority as it changed in kind and degree. Civil society took on the responsibility for confronting the adverse effects of industrialism, and transnational discussions of poverty, urbanization, women's work, and sympathy provided a means of understanding and debating social reform. While philanthropic institutions left a transactional record of money and materials, philanthropic discourse yielded a rich corpus of writin Notes Includes index Print version record Subject Social problems in literature. Humanitarianism in literature. Charity in literature. Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century Social movements in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Charity in literature Humanitarianism in literature Literature and society Social movements in literature Social problems in literature Great Britain United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Christianson, Frank, editor Thorne-Murphy, Leslee, editor ISBN 9780253029553 0253029554 9780253029881 0253029880

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