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In Praise of Poverty
Mona Scheuermann
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Description for In Praise of Poverty
In her own time and ours, Hannah More (1745-1833) has been seen as a benefactress of the poor, writing and working selflessly to their benefit. This work argues that More's agenda was to control the poor, to prevent them rising in revolt against Church and King. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSB; HBTB; JFSC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
In her own time and in ours, Hannah More (1745-1833) has been seen as a benefactress of the poor, writing and working selflessly to their benefit. Mona Scheuermann argues, however, that More's agenda was not simply to help the poor but to control them, for the upper classes in late eighteenth-century England were terrified that the poor would rise in revolt against Church and King.
As much social history as literary study, In Praise of Poverty shows that More's writing to the poor specifically is intended to counter the perceived rabble rousing of Thomas Paine and other radicals ... Read more
In her own time and in ours, Hannah More (1745-1833) has been seen as a benefactress of the poor, writing and working selflessly to their benefit. Mona Scheuermann argues, however, that More's agenda was not simply to help the poor but to control them, for the upper classes in late eighteenth-century England were terrified that the poor would rise in revolt against Church and King.
As much social history as literary study, In Praise of Poverty shows that More's writing to the poor specifically is intended to counter the perceived rabble rousing of Thomas Paine and other radicals ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813122229
SKU
V9780813122229
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About Mona Scheuermann
Mona Scheuermann, professor of English at Oakton Community College, is the author of a number of studies of the British radical movement of the 1790s and of Her Bread to Earn: Women, Money and Society from Defoe to Austen. She lives in Skokie, Illinois.
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