Our sisters' keepers [electronic resource] : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women / edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi.
Series: Studies in American literary realism and naturalismPublication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.Description: x, 299 pISBN:- 0817314679 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- 0817351930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Benevolence in literature
- Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism
- Charity in literature
- Poverty in literature
- Poor in literature
- 810.9/3556 22
- PS169.B54 O94 2005eb
eBooks
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.
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