Title: Captains of charity : the writing and wages of postrevolutionary Atlantic benevolence /
Authors: Eyring, Mary Kathleen,
Year: 2017
Subjects: American literature History and criticism.; Benevolence in literature.; American literature History and criticism; Literature and society United States History; Literature and society United States History; Public welfare United States History; Altruism in literature.; Didactic fiction, American History and criticism.; Altruism in literature.; American literature.; Benevolence in literature.; Didactic fiction, American; Literature and society; Public welfare; United States
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.