This rich collection of essays develops our understanding of the Anglo-American philanthropic discourse in multiple directions. . . . It will be warmly appreciated by literary scholars and historians alike.
This rich collection of essays develops our understanding of the Anglo-American philanthropic discourse in multiple directions. . . . It will be warmly appreciated by literary scholars and historians alike.
Philanthropic Discourse offers the nineteenth-century literary historian a clearer insight into the scope and function of philanthropy in political and private life and the impacts that women writers and activists had in directing the action and debate.
Frank Q. Christianson is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University. He is author of Philanthropy in British and American Fiction: Dickens, Hawthorne, Eliot and Howells, and Senior Editor of The Papers of William F. Cody.
Leslee Thorne-Murphy is Associate Professor of English at Brigham Young University.