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Charity and condescension

Siegel, Daniel, 1972-

Charity and condescension Victorian literature and the dilemmas of philanthropy / [electronic resource] : Daniel Siegel. - Athens : Ohio University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (p. cm.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: charity and condescension -- Help wanting: the exhaustion of a Dickensian ideal -- Preacher's vigil, landlord's watch: charity by the clock in Adam Bede -- Why settle? Samuel Barnett, Octavia Hill, and the London slums -- Tennyson's Salvation army -- Epilogue.

9780821444078


Literature and society--History--England--19th century.
Social values in literature.
Charity in literature.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century


Electronic books.

PR830.C475 / S53 2012