Captains of Charity : The Writing and Wages of Postrevolutionary Atlantic Benevolence /

Examines writings that supported benevolent societies in Atlantic seaports during an era of nascent capitalism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eyring, Mary Kathleen (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : University of New Hampshire Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Public welfare.
Literature and society.
Didactic fiction, American.
Benevolence in literature.
American literature.
Altruism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Altruisme dans la litterature.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Bienveillance dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Didactic fiction, American > History and criticism.
Public welfare > United States > History.
Literature and society > United States > History > 18th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "To be the medium of her charity": narratives of vicarious charity from Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemic of 1793
  • Atlantic publishing and pathos: literary support for the education of maritime laborers at America's first schools for the deaf
  • The economics of evangelizing: missionary labor in a narrative of the life and travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince
  • The profits of maritime benevolence: Sarah Josepha Hale and the work of the charitable woman writer
  • Conclusion: charitable currents.

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