From the rear cover
History has not been kind to Hannah More. This once lionized writer and activist - the most influential female philanthropist of her day - is now considered by many to be the embodiment of pious morality and reactionary anti-feminism. Largely because of her belief in separate spheres for men and women, More has been vilified by modern-day feminists. Without denying the problems More presents for modern readers, Patricia Demers has produced a balanced revisionist study of a woman enormously influential in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century England. By examining the career of this cultural warrior, situating her major texts in relation to contemporaries, and addressing her published writing, philanthropic activities, and voluminous correspondence, Demers anchors The World of Hannah More in the work itself - an appropriate and just response to a woman who took pride in living to some purpose.
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- Title World of Hannah More
- Author Patricia DeMers
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University Press of Kentucky, Lexington
- Date 1996-09-12
- ISBN 9780813119786 / 0813119782
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.35 x 6.28 x 0.72 in (23.75 x 15.95 x 1.83 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Women and literature - England - History -, Authors, English - 19th century - Biography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96011179
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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