{"product_id":"philanthropic-discourse-in-anglo-american-literature-1850-1920-hardback-9780253029553","title":"Philanthropic Discourse in Anglo-American Literature, 1850-1920 (Hardback) 9780253029553","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePhilanthropic Discourse in Anglo-American Literature, 1850-1920\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank Q. Christianson (Edited by), Leslee Thorne-Murphy (Edited by), Daniel Bivona (Contributions by), Emily Coit (Contributions by), Suzanne Daly (Contributions by), Monika Elbert (Contributions by), Dorice Elliott (Contributions by), Tanushree Ghosh (Contributions by), Lori Merish (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253029553\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 October 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages, 4 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This rich collection of essays develops our understanding of the Anglo-American philanthropic discourse in multiple directions. . . . It will be warmly appreciated by literary scholars and historians alike. \"—\u003ci\u003eBritish Assn for Victorian Studies Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003ePhilanthropic Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e offers the nineteenth-century literary historian a clearer insight into the scope and function of philanthropy in political and private life and the impacts that women writers and activists had in directing the action and debate.\"—\u003ci\u003eEdith Wharton Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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 \u003ci\u003einstitutions\u003c\/i\u003e left a transactional record of money and materials, philanthropic \u003ci\u003ediscourse\u003c\/i\u003e yielded a rich corpus of writing that represented, rationalized, and shaped these rapidly industrializing societies, drawing on and informing other modernizing discourses including religion, economics, and social science. Showing the fundamentally transatlantic nature of this discourse from 1850 to 1920, the authors gather a wide variety of literary sources that crossed national and colonial borders within the Anglo-American range of influence. Through manifestos, fundraising tracts, novels, letters, and pamphlets, they piece together the intellectual world where philanthropists reasoned through their efforts and redefined the public sector.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface, Telescopic Philanthropy Redeemed \/ Frank Q. Christianson and Leslee Thorne-Murphy\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction, Writing Philanthropy in the United States and Britain \/ Frank Q. Christianson and Leslee Thorne-Murphy\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Poverty of Sympathy \/ Lori Merish\u003cbr\u003e 2. Self-Undermining Philanthropic Impulses: Philanthropy in the Mirror of Narrative \/ Daniel Bivona\u003cbr\u003e 3. Education as Violation and Benefit: Doctrinal Debate and the Contest for India's Girls \/ Suzanne Daly\u003cbr\u003e 4. Urban Reform and the Plight of the Poor in Women's Journalistic Writing \/ Monica Elbert\u003cbr\u003e 5. Lady Bountiful for the Empire: Upper-class Women, Philanthropy, and Civil Society \/ Dorice Williams Elliott\u003cbr\u003e 6. Patrons, Philanthropists, and Professionals: Henry James's \u003ci\u003eRoderick Hudson \u003c\/i\u003e\/ Francesca Sawaya\u003cbr\u003e 7. \"Witnessing them day after day\": Ethical Spectatorship and Liberal Reform in Walter Besant's \u003ci\u003eChildren of Gibeon\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Tanushree Ghosh\u003cbr\u003e 8. \"The Orthodox Creed of the Business World\"? Philanthropy and Liberal Individualism in Edith Wharton's \u003ci\u003eThe Fruit of the Tree \u003c\/i\u003e\/\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eEmily Coit\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sustaining Gendered Philanthropy through Transatlantic Friendship: Jane Addams, Henrietta Barnett and Writing for Reciprocal Mentoring \/ Sarah Robbins \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \/ Frank Q. Christianson and Leslee Thorne-Murphy \u003cbr\u003e Afterword, Follow the Money \/ Kathleen D. 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