1st Edition
Narratives of the Poor in Eighteenth-Century England Vol 5
By Alysa Levene, Steven King, Alannah Tomkins, Thomas Nutt, Peter King, Deborah A Symonds, Lisa Zunshine
Copyright 2006
324 Pages
by
Routledge
Presents narratives of the poor in eighteenth-century Britain. This collection covers the period from the early eighteenth century through to the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 and includes transcriptions of hand-written first-hand representations of poverty to poor law officials.
Volume 5 Philanthropy and Fiction, 1698–1818 Acknowledgements Introduction Note on Texts [Stephen Nye], The Life of Mr. Thomas Firmin (1791) Robert Nelson, An Address to Persons of Quality and Estate (1715) [Henry Nevil], The Beauty and Excellence of Charity (1721) [W. Howard], The Good Stewards: or, The Rewards of Benevolence (1730–1) Sarah Fielding, The History of the Countess of Dellwyn (1759) Sarah Fielding, The History of Ophelia (1760) Charles Peter Layard, Charity: A Poetical Essay (1773) Charles Dibdin, ‘Philanthropy’ (1795) James C. Cross, The Charity Boy. A Favorite Ballad (1796) Anna Maria Bennet, The Beggar Girl and Her Benefactors (1797) Robert A. Anderson, ‘Song XLV’, The Beggar Girl (1798) Anonymous, Eccentric Philanthropy (1803) Mary Belson, The Orphan Boy: or, A Journey to Bath: to which is added, The Orphan Girl. Founded on Facts (1818) Notes Index
Biography
Alysa Levene, Steven King, Alannah Tomkins, Thomas Nutt, Peter King, Deborah A. Symonds, Liza Zunshine
