Philanthropy in British and American fiction : Dickens, Hawthorne, Eliot, and Howells / [electronic resource]
Christianson, Frank,author.
Explores the relationship between philanthropy and literary realism in novels by Charles Dickens  Nathaniel Hawthorne  George Eliot  and William Dean Howells  and examines how each used the figure of philanthropy both to redefine the sentiments that informed social identity and to refashion their own aesthetic practices.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
From sympathy to altruism : the roots of philanthropic discourse -- Dickensian realism and telescopic philanthropy -- Hawthorne's "cold fancy" and the revision of sympathetic exchange -- Altruism's conquest of modern generalisation in George Eliot -- William Dean Howell's "altrurian" aesthetic in the modern marketplace.
Explores the relationship between philanthropy and literary realism in novels by Charles Dickens  Nathaniel Hawthorne  George Eliot  and William Dean Howells  and examines how each used the figure of philanthropy both to redefine the sentiments that informed social identity and to refashion their own aesthetic practices.
English fiction
American fiction
Charity in literature.