Charity and condescension: victorian literature and the dilemmas of philanthropy
Auteur :
Siegel, Daniel
Éditeur :
Ohio University Press
ISBN :
9780821419915
Date de publication :
22 avr. 2012
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Paper over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores how condescension, a traditional English virtue, went sour in the nineteenth century, and considers the ways in which the failure of condescension influenced Victorian efforts to reform philanthropy and to construct narrative models of social conciliation.