Captains of charity : the writing and wages of postrevolutionary Atlantic benevolence / Mary Kathleen Eyring.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eyring, Mary Kathleen, author.

Series:

Becoming Modern: New Nineteenth-Century Studies

Becoming Modern : New Nineteenth Century Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--18th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Benevolence in literature.

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Literature and society--United States--History--19th century.

Literature and society.

Literature and society--United States--History--18th century.

Public welfare--United States--History.

Public welfare.

Altruism in literature.

Didactic fiction, American--History and criticism.

Didactic fiction, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham, New Hampshire : University of New Hampshire Press, 2017.

Summary:

Examines writings that supported benevolent societies in Atlantic seaports during an era of nascent capitalism.

Contents:

"To be the medium of her charity": narratives of vicarious charity from Philadelphia's yellow fever epidemic of 1793

Atlantic publishing and pathos: literary support for the education of maritime laborers at America's first schools for the deaf

The economics of evangelizing: missionary labor in a narrative of the life and travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince

The profits of maritime benevolence: Sarah Josepha Hale and the work of the charitable woman writer

Conclusion: charitable currents.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5126-0100-4

OCLC:

985447444