Victorians and the Case for Charity

Essays on Responses to English Poverty by the State, the Church and the Literati
Herausgeber: Button, Marilyn D.; Sheetz-Nguyen, Jessica A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of all new essays seeks to answer a series of questions surrounding the Victorian response to poverty in Britain. In short, what did various layers of society say the poor deserved and what did they do to help them? The work is organized against the backdrop of the 1834 New Poor Laws, recognizing that poverty garnered considerable attention in England because of its pervasive and painful presence. Each essay examines a different initiative to help the poor. Taking an historical tack, the essayists begin with the royal perspective and move into the responses of Church of England members, Evangelicals, and Roman Catholics; the social engagement of the literati is discussed as well. This collection reflects the real, monetary, spiritual and emotional investments of individuals, public institutions, private charities, and religious groups who struggled to address the needs of the poor.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9780786470327
• ISBN-10: 0786470321
• Artikelnr.: 37742677

Autorenporträt

Marilyn D. Button is a professor of English at The Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. She lives in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen is an associate professor of history at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond. She lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: "Injurious Charity" (Marilyn D. Button and Jessica A.
Sheetz-Nguyen)
Part One: State Response
The Case for Charity: "But if I were you, I should certainly go into the
workhouse" (Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen)
Royal Charity and Queen Adelaide in Early Nineteenth Century Britain
(Marilyn K. Thomas)
Lloyd's Patriotic Fund, 1791-1841: "To the Heroes of Trafalgar" (Jessica A.
Sheetz-Nguyen)
Part Two: Anglican Response
Rhetoric, Education and Economics as Practical Theology: Archbishop Richard
Whately's Irish Policies (Carol Poster)
Fundraising Theology? Anglican Charity Sermons and Nineteenth-Century
Social Causes (Keith A. Francis)
Part Three: Literati Response
"The Cry of the Children": Elizabeth Barrett's Response to Child Labor in
the Mines and Factories of Victorian Britain (Mary B. McElligott)
"No friend like a sister": Christina Rossetti's "Awakened Conscience" and
the Fallen Woman (Renée J. Schlueter)
Part Four: Evangelical Response
A Sisterhood Powerful for Motherhood: Ellen Ranyard's "Biblewomen" and
"Biblewomen Nurses" (Donald M. Lewis)
Protecting Canterbury's Poor: City Missions and the Protestant Laity
(Marilyn D. Button)
Oxford for Factory Workers: The People's College of Shef¿eld (Angela M.
Schwer)
Part Five: Roman Catholic Response
"Father of the orphan, his helper and his judge": Roman Catholic Response
to the English Poor Law System (Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen)
"Something for the Poor": London Women Religious and Social Reform in the
1840s (Moira E. Egan)
Epilogue
About the Contributors
Index