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The difficult art of giving : patronage, philanthropy, and the American literary market
- Title
- The difficult art of giving : patronage, philanthropy, and the American literary market / Francesca Sawaya.
- Author
- Sawaya, Francesca.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2014.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 248 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Haney Foundation series
- Uniform Title
- Haney Foundation series.
- Subject
- Authors and patrons in literature
- Philanthropists in literature
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- Authors and patrons > United States > History > 19th century > Case studies
- Authors and patrons > United States > History > 20th century > Case studies
- Economics and literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- American generosity: philanthropy in Henry James -- "Linvin' on my money": the politics of gratitude and ingratitude in Howells -- "The gospel of self": philanthropy and political economy in Mark Twain -- "That friendship of the whites": patronage and philanthropy in Charles Chesnutt -- "Inexplicable tangles of personality": patronage, philanthropy and progressive irony in Theodore Dreiser.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-6020
- ISBN
- 9780812246308 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0812246306 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2014013295
- OCLC
- 880757766
- Author
- Sawaya, Francesca.
- Title
- The difficult art of giving : patronage, philanthropy, and the American literary market / Francesca Sawaya.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2014.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Series
- Haney Foundation seriesHaney Foundation series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-6020