Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface. From the Harlem Renaissance -- Introduction. ''The Difficult Art of Giving'' -- Chapter 1. American Generosity: Philanthropy in Henry James -- Chapter 2. ''Livin' on My Money'': The Politics of Gratitude and Ingratitude in Howells -- Chapter 3. ''The Gospel of Self'': Philanthropy and Political Economy in Mark Twain -- Chapter 4. ''That Friendship of the Whites'': Patronage and Philanthropy in Charles Chesnutt -- Chapter 5. ''Inexplicable Tangles of Personality'': Patronage, Philanthropy, and Progressive Irony in Theodore Dreiser -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary
The Difficult Art of Giving rethinks the economic history of American literature, demonstrating that the practices of patronage and corporate-based philanthropy shaped the literary market . Francesca Sawaya examines the importance of patronage and philanthropy on major post-bellum authors' careers and fiction
