In praise of poverty : Hannah More counters Thomas Paine and the radical threat

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Label

In praise of poverty : Hannah More counters Thomas Paine and the radical threat

Title remainder

Hannah More counters Thomas Paine and the radical threat

Statement of responsibility

Mona Scheuermann

Creator

• Scheuermann, Mona

Subject

• Conservatism -- England -- History -- 19th century
• More, Hannah, 1745-1833 -- Political and social views
• Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809
• Conservatism -- England -- History -- 18th century
• Poverty -- England -- History
• Radicalism -- England -- History
• Poor -- England -- History

Language

eng

Summary

"Hannah More was seen in her own time as a woman of great benevolence a selfless benefactor of the poor working to educate and help them in their poverty. Modern criticism defines More in much the same terms." "In Praise of Poverty, by Mona Scheuermann, reinterprets More's writing to the poor, demonstrating that her message was designed to teach them that they should be happy in their poverty and that, except in specific cases such as apprentices who worked their way into a business of their own, the poor should be content with their lot in life. To express discontent would be to challenge a social hierarchy created by God."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

828/.609

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

LC call number

PR3605.M6

LC item number

S34 2002

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography