Benevolent failures : the economics of philanthropy in Victorian literature
This dissertation critically examines why mid-Victorian fiction often dismisses or complicates monetary transactions and monetary charity, even as it negatively portrays differences in social status and wealth. I argue that the novel uses representations of failed charity to reconstruct, however bri...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-12-2155 |