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This book relocates the long life and literary career of the poet, playwright, novelist, philanthropist and teacher Hannah More (1745-1833) in the wider social and cultural contexts that shaped her, and which she helped shape in turn. One of the most influential writers and campaigners of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, More's reputation has suffered unfairly from accusations of paternalism and provincialism, and misunderstandings of her sincerely-held but now increasingly unfamiliar evangelical beliefs. Now, in this book, readers can explore a range of essays rooted in up-to-the-minute research which examines newly-recovered archival materials and other evidence in order to present the fullest picture yet of this complex and compelling author, and the era she helped mould with her words.
List of contents
Introduction: Hannah More in Context
Kerri Andrews and Sue Edney
- Tongues in Trees: Hannah More and the Nature Inscription
Robin Jarvis
- Feeling Good: Sentimental Virtue in Hannah More's The Search After Happiness (1773) and "Sensibility" (1782)
Rose Hilton
- Defending "Reason's rein": Rationalism as Persuasive Strategy in Hannah More's Slavery: A Poem (1788)
Adam Bridgen
- Writing Women at Work
Maeve Adams
- "Hunger is not a postponable want": Hannah More's charity reconsidered
Kerri Andrews
- Hannah More's Percy, A Tragedy, in the Spanish and French Theatrical Contexts
Begoña Lasa Álvarez
- The Bluestocking and the Preacher: the Bifurcated Reception of Hannah More in Scandinavia
Marie Nedregotten Sørbø
- Hannah More's Sympathetic Strategies: Coelebs in Search of a Wife and the Evangelical Novel
Nicky Lloyd
- Books and Readers in Hannah More's Coelebs in Search of a Wife
Joanna Maciulewicz
- Hannah More Rediscoveries: Letters, Literary Manuscripts, and Inscribed Books
Nicholas D. Smith
- Bringing More to the Fore: Championing the life and work of Hannah More in Schools and Community Education
Joanne Edwards
- Hannah More's Energetic Sociality: Enthusiasms and Consequences
Patricia A. Demers
An Extended Sermon on Hannah More
Rev Paula Hollingsworth
About the author
Kerri Andrews is Reader in Women’s Literature and Textual Editing at Edge Hill University.
Sue Edney is a Lecturer teaching at Bristol University.
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Summary
In this book, readers can explore a wide range of essays rooted in up-to-the-minute research examining the life, times and cultural contexts of the writer and philanthropist Hannah More (1745-1833). The book presents the fullest picture yet of this complex and compelling author, and the era she helped mould with her words.
