The world of Hannah More /
History has not been kind to Hannah More. This once lionized writer and activist -- the most influential female philanthropist of her day -- is now considered by many to be the embodiment of pious morality and reactionary anti-feminism. Largely because of her belief in separate spheres for men and w...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
©1996.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- More is less
- The "complicated temptation" of the theater
- Poetics of beneficence : practice and patronage
- "That which before us lies in daily life" : social discourse
- Schools and tracts : consuming zeal
- "The language of sympathy rather than of dictation" : the unread Hannah More
- Epilogue : the Georgian britomart.