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The difficult art of giving : patronage, philanthropy, and the American literary market /
The Difficult Art of Giving rethinks the economic history of American literature, demonstrating that the practices of patronage and corporate-based philanthropy shaped the literary market . Francesca Sawaya examines the importance of patronage and philanthropy on major post-bellum authors' care...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2014.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Haney Foundation series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface. From the Harlem Renaissance
- Introduction. ''The Difficult Art of Giving''
- Chapter 1. American Generosity: Philanthropy in Henry James
- Chapter 2. ''Livin' on My Money'': The Politics of Gratitude and Ingratitude in Howells
- Chapter 3. ''The Gospel of Self'': Philanthropy and Political Economy in Mark Twain
- Chapter 4. ''That Friendship of the Whites'': Patronage and Philanthropy in Charles Chesnutt
- Chapter 5. ''Inexplicable Tangles of Personality'': Patronage, Philanthropy, and Progressive Irony in Theodore Dreiser
- Afterword
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments.