Umfang:
xii, 229 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9780367553203
,
9781032182964
Serie:
Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature
Inhalt:
Introduction: Hannah More in context / Kerri Andrews and Sue Edney -- Tongues in trees : Hannah More and the nature inscription / Robin Jarvis -- Feeling good : sentimental virtue in Hannah More's The search after happiness (1773) and "Sensibility" (1782) / Rose Hilton -- Defending "reason's rein" : rationalism as persuasive strategy in Hannah More's Slavery : a poem (1788) / Adam Bridgen -- Writing women at work / Maeve Adams -- "Hunger is not a postponable want" : Hannah More's charity reconsidered / Kerri Andrews -- Hannah More's Percy, a tragedy, in the Spanish and French theatrical contexts / Begoña Lasa Álvarez -- The bluestocking and the preacher : the bifurcated reception of Hannah More in Scandinavia / Marie Nedregotten Sørbø -- Hannah More's sympathetic strategies : Coelebs in search of a wife and the evangelical novel / Nicky Lloyd -- Books and readers in Hannah More's Coelebs in search of a wife / Joanna Maciulewicz -- Hannah More rediscoveries : letters, literary manuscripts, and inscribed books / Nicholas D. Smith -- Bringing more to the fore : championing the life and work of Hannah More in schools and community education / Joanne Edwards -- Hannah More's energetic sociality : enthusiasms and consequences / Patricia A. Demers -- An extended sermon on Hannah More / Paula Hollingsworth.
Inhalt:
"In this book, readers can explore a wide range of essays rooted in up-to-the-minute research examining the life, times and cultural contexts of the writer and philanthropist Hannah More (1745-1833). The book presents the fullest picture yet of this complex and compelling author, and the era she helped mould with her words"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781003092971
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Aufsatzsammlung
