Literature and poverty : from the Hebrew Bible to the Ssecond World War /: from the Hebrew Bible to the Ssecond World War. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Aberbach.
• Authors: Aberbach, David, 1953-
• Contents: Introduction: Biblical Ideals to Secular Realities Part 1: The ‘Holy Poor’ and its Desecrations: From the Hebrew Bible to the French Revolution 1. The Bible and the Poor: law and literature 2. The Medieval Transformation: the Unholy Poor in Literature and Poor Law 3. Sixteenth-century English nationalism: Poor Law, Scripture, and Shakespeare 4. From Shakespeare to Wordsworth: the rediscovery of biblical love for the poor Part 2: Poverty in the West and the Failure of Ideologies, 1789 –1939 5. Industry, Revolution, and the Poor 6. Germinal: Peasants and Literature in England, Russia, and France 7. Jews in Eastern Europe 1861– 1917: degradation and recovery 8. Hunger-Artists: from Pushkin to Orwell 9. Poverty, Literature, and the Environment 10. The End of Extreme Poverty in the West: Interwar Italy and America Appendix : The ‘Holy Poor’ in the Literature of Developing Countries, 1945–
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.933556; Poverty in literature; Poor in literature; Poverty -- Biblical teaching
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429655357; 9780429657795; 9780429652912; 9780429025594
• Related ISBNs: 9780367112486; 9780367132736
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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