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Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women
- Title
- Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women / edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi.
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- x, 299 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
- Subjects
- American literature > Women authors > History and criticism
- Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Women and literature > United States > History > 19th century
- Poor in literature
- Charity in literature
- Poverty in literature
- Benevolence in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-990
- ISBN
- 0817314679 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0817351930 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004029736
- OCLC
- 57414588
- Title
- Our sisters' keepers : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women / edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi.
- Imprint
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.
- Series
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Bergman, Jill, 1963-Bernardi, Debra, 1954-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-990