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Charity & condescension : Victorian literature and the dilemmas of philanthropy

Title
Charity & condescension : Victorian literature and the dilemmas of philanthropy / Daniel Siegel.
Author
Siegel, Daniel, 1972-
Publication
Athens : Ohio University Press, c2012.

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Description
x, 209 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Charity and condescension
Subject
  • English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Charity in literature
  • Social values in literature
  • Literature and society > England > History > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-203) and index.
Contents
Introduction: charity and condescension -- Help wanting: the exhaustion of a Dickensian ideal -- Preacher's vigil, landlord's watch: charity by the clock in Adam Bede -- Why settle? Samuel Barnett, Octavia Hill, and the London slums -- Tennyson's Salvation army -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9780821419915 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0821419919 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780821444078 (electronic)
  • 0821444077 (electronic)
LCCN
2011053349
OCLC
  • ocn768800639
  • SCSB-14508552
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library