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The Angel out of the House: Philanthropy and Gender in Nineteenth-Century England (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
Dorice Will Elliott
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Description for The Angel out of the House: Philanthropy and Gender in Nineteenth-Century England (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
Hardcover. This volume examines the ways in which 19th-century novels and texts that portrayed women performing charity helped to make the inclusion of this work in the domestic sphere seem natural. It examines the contradictions this caused within the domestic ideal by making women "public persons". Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 588.
Was 19th-century British philanthropy the ""truest and noblest woman's work"" and praiseworthy for having raised the nation's moral tone, or was it a dangerous mission likely to cause the defeminization of its practitioners as they became ""public persons""? Volunteer work seemed a natural extension of women's domestic roles, but many assumptions about gender roles, the connection between charitable and domestic work is the result of specific historical factors and cultural representations. This volume examines the ways in which novels and other texts that portrayed women performing charitable acts helped to make the inclusion of philanthropic work in the domestic sphere ... Read more
Was 19th-century British philanthropy the ""truest and noblest woman's work"" and praiseworthy for having raised the nation's moral tone, or was it a dangerous mission likely to cause the defeminization of its practitioners as they became ""public persons""? Volunteer work seemed a natural extension of women's domestic roles, but many assumptions about gender roles, the connection between charitable and domestic work is the result of specific historical factors and cultural representations. This volume examines the ways in which novels and other texts that portrayed women performing charitable acts helped to make the inclusion of philanthropic work in the domestic sphere ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Victorian Literature and Culture Series
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813920887
SKU
V9780813920887
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About Dorice Will Elliott
Dorice Williams Elliott is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Kansas.
Reviews for The Angel out of the House: Philanthropy and Gender in Nineteenth-Century England (Victorian Literature and Culture Series)
Informative, readable, and insightful, The Angel out of the House is an original formulation of ideas concerning philanthropy, gender, and class. Eiliott draws on work done in the area of the history of philanthropy, the history of gender, the history of feminism, the history of professionalization, and analyses of separate spheres ideology. -Deborah Gorham, Carleton University, author of Vera Brittain: ... Read more