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BL
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1013163
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b767533
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Our sisters' keepers : : nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women /\ edited by Jill Bergman and Debra Bernardi.
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| Publication Statement
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Tuscaloosa :: University of Alabama Press,, ©2005.
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Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
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1 online resource (x, 299 pages)
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| ISBN
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0817314679
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: 0817351930
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: 9780817381660
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0817314679
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0817351930
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index.
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| Abstract
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Essays on the roles played by women in forming American attitudes about benevolence and poverty relief. American culture has long had a conflicted relationship with assistance to the poor. Cotton Mather and John Winthrop were staunch proponents of Christian charity as fundamental to colonial American society, while transcendentalists harbored deep skepticism towards benevolence in favor of Emersonian self-reliance and Thoreau?s insistence on an ascetic life. Women in the 19th century, as these essays show, approached issues of benevolence far differently than their male counterparts, consistent.
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American literature-- Women authors-- History and criticism.
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American literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Benevolence in literature.
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Charity in literature.
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Literature and society-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Poor in literature.
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Poverty in literature.
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Women and literature-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Bienveillance dans la littérature.
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Charité dans la littérature.
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Écrits de femmes américains-- Histoire et critique.
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Femmes et littérature-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Littérature américaine-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
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Littérature et société-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
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Pauvres dans la littérature.
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Pauvreté dans la littérature.
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American literature-- Women authors.
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American literature.
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Benevolence in literature.
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Charity in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Literature and society.
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Poor in literature.
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Poverty in literature.
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Women and literature.
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Amerikaans.
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Armoede.
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Letterkunde.
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Liefdadigheid.
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Vrouwelijke auteurs.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/3556
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PS169.B54O94 2005eb
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| Added Entry
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Bergman, Jill,1963-
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Bernardi, Debra,1954-
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