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University of Alabama Press, University Alabama Press
Language
English
Pages
312

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Subjects
Literature and society, History and criticism, American literature, Poor in literature, Women authors, Poverty in literature, Benevolence in literature, Women and literature, Charity in literature, History, Benevolence, American literature, women authors, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century
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United States
Times
19th century

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Cover of: Our sisters' keepers
Our sisters' keepers: nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women
2005, University of Alabama Press, University Alabama Press
in English
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Cover of: Our sisters' keepers
Our sisters' keepers: nineteenth-century benevolence literature by American women
2005, University of Alabama Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
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Our Sisters' Keepers: Nineteenth-Century Benevolence Literature by American Women (Amer Lit Realism & Naturalism)
August 28, 2005, University Alabama Press
Hardcover in English
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Table of Contents

Stories of the poorhouse / Karen Tracey
Representing the "deserving poor" / Lori Merish
"Dedicated to works of beneficence" / Mary Templin
Reforming women's reform literature / Whitney A. Womack
"The right to be let alone" / Debra Bernardi
Women's charity vs. scientific philanthropy in Sarah Orne Jewett / Monika Elbert
"Oh the poor women!" / Jill Bergman
Frances Harper's poverty relief mission in the African American community / Terry D. Novak
"To reveal the humble immigrant parents to their own children" / Sarah E. Chinn
Character's conduct / James Salazar.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
Studies in American literary realism and naturalism

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Dewey Decimal Class
810.9/3556
Library of Congress
PS169.B54 O94 2005, PS169.B54O94 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
312

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Open Library
OL3300580M
Internet Archive
oursisterskeeper0000unse
ISBN 10
0817314679, 0817351930
LCCN
2004029736
OCLC/WorldCat
57414588
Library Thing
2304133
Goodreads
825791
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