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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Demers, Patricia, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 1996.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
More, Hannah, > 1745-1833.
Women educators.
Women and literature.
Authors, English.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Éducatrices > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Écrivains anglais > 19e siecle > Biographies.
Écrivains anglais > 18e siecle > Biographies.
Femmes et litterature > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Femmes et litterature > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Women educators > Great Britain > Biography.
Authors, English > 19th century > Biography.
Authors, English > 18th century > Biography.
Women and literature > England > History > 19th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 18th century.
Great Britain.
England.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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