Philanthropy in British and American fiction: Dickens, Hawthorne, Eliot, and Howells

Explores the relationship between philanthropy and literary realism in novels by Charles Dickens Nathaniel Hawthorne George Eliot and William Dean Howells and examines how each used the figure of philanthropy both to redefine the sentiments that informed social identity and to refashion their own ae...

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Main Author: Christianson, Frank (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2007
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Summary:Explores the relationship between philanthropy and literary realism in novels by Charles Dickens Nathaniel Hawthorne George Eliot and William Dean Howells and examines how each used the figure of philanthropy both to redefine the sentiments that informed social identity and to refashion their own aesthetic practices
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Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 211 pages)
ISBN:9780748630745

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