Loader Mrs Humphry Ward and Greenian Philosophy

Religion, Society and Politics
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-14109-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 281 Seiten

Reihe: History

This book examines Mary Ward’s distinctive insight into late-Victorian and Edwardian society as a famous writer and reformer, who was inspired by the philosopher and British idealist, Thomas Hill Green. As a talented woman who had studied among Oxford University intellectuals in the 1870s, and the granddaughter of Dr Arnold of Rugby, Mrs Humphry Ward (as she was best known) was in a unique position to participate in the debates, issues and events that shaped her generation; religious doubt and Christianity, educational reforms, socialism, women’s suffrage and the First World War. Helen Loader examines a range of biographical sources, alongside Mary Ward’s writings and social reform activities, to demonstrate how she expressed and engaged with Greenian idealism, both in theory and practice, and made a significant contribution to British Society.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loader, Helen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I Religion .- Chapter 2: Religion, Women’s Education and Oxford.- Chapter 3: T. H. Green – Christianity and Moral Philosophy.- Chapter 4: Mary Ward – Writing, Doubt and Christian Religion.- Chapter 5: Mary Ward – Christian Citizen and Social Reformer.- Part II Society.- Chapter 6: Family, Fame and London Society.- Chapter 7: T. H. Green – Marriage, the Family Unit and Society.- Chapter 8: Mary Ward – Fiction, Divorce and Inequality.- Chapter 9: Mary Ward – Educational Visions and the Bloomsbury Community.- Part III Politics.- Chapter 10: Liberal Politics, Women and the Public Sphere.- Chapter 11: T. H. Green – Political Theory and Liberalism.- Chapter 12: Mary Ward – Socialism and State Intervention.- Chapter 13: Mary Ward – Women and Political Action.- Chapter 14: Conclusion.- Appendix 1 – Family Tree of Mary Ward.- Appendix 2 – List of Historical People who feature in the Lives of Mary Ward and T. H. Green.- Appendix 3 – Mary Ward's Main Works (Fiction and Non-fiction), Arranged Thematically.- Appendix 4 Mary Ward's Main Educational Reform Activity Time Line.- Appendix 5 – Notable Dates in the Life of Mary Ward.

Über Autor(innen)

Helen Loader is a member of the Centre for the History of Women’s Education, based in the University of Winchester, UK.