Mrs Humphry Ward and Greenian philosophy : religion, society and politics / Helen Loader.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loader, Helen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920--Criticism and interpretation.

Ward, Humphry.

Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920.

Feminism and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Feminism and literature.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.).

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Great Britain.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Women and literature.

Psychological fiction, English--History and criticism.

Psychological fiction, English.

Feminist fiction, English--History and criticism.

Feminist fiction, English.

Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--19th century.

Femininity in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 281 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Summary:

This book examines Mary Ward's distinctive insight into late-Victorian and Edwardian society as a famous writer and reformer, who was inspired by the philosopher and British idealist, Thomas Hill Green. As a talented woman who had studied among Oxford University intellectuals in the 1870s, and the granddaughter of Dr Arnold of Rugby, Mrs Humphry Ward (as she was best known) was in a unique position to participate in the debates, issues and events that shaped her generation; religious doubt and Christianity, educational reforms, socialism, women's suffrage and the First World War. Helen Loader examines a range of biographical sources, alongside Mary Ward's writings and social reform activities, to demonstrate how she expressed and engaged with Greenian idealism, both in theory and practice, and made a significant contribution to British Society. --back cover

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Part I Religion: chapter 2: Religion, Women's Education and Oxford

chapter 3: T. H. Green: Christianity and moral philosophy

chapter 4: Mary Ward: writing, doubt and Christian religion

chapter 5: Mary Ward: citizen and social reformer

Part II Society: chapter 6: Family, fame and London society

chapter 7: T. H. Green: marriage, the family unit and society

chapter 8: Mary Ward: fiction, divorce and inequality

chapter 9: Mary Ward: educational visions and the Bloomsbury community

Part III Politics: chapter 10: Liberal politcs, women and the public sphere

chapter 11: T.H. Green: political theory and liberalism

chapter 12: Mary Ward: socialism and state intervention

chapter 13: Mary Ward: women and political action.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, (pages 263-274) and index.

Other Format:

Loader, Helen Mrs Humphry Ward and Greenian philosophy

ISBN:

303014108X

9783030141080

OCLC:

1083457521