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