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Philanthropy and Early Twentieth-Century British Literature Philanthropy and Early Twentieth-Century Literature explores the relationship between British literature and philanthropy at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, examining the works of E.M. Forster, Rebecca West, W.B. Yeats, Roger Fry, Wyndham Lewis, Virginia Woolf, and Vita Sackville-West. This book considers how writ- ers in the modernist period drew on the liberal welfare reforms, the adoption of scientific methods in charity, the Cambridge tradition of public service, the Irish nationalist movement, and the influence of the Victorian woman philanthropist to advocate for an individualist art; revolutionize their aesthetics; redefine ideals of hospitality and benef- icence; and affirm the national, social, and economic liberation of the modern subject. Contrary to popular interpretations presenting modernism as a break with Victorian values, Dr. Radeva-Costello argues that philanthropic engagements are at the heart of early twentieth-century literature. The writers discussed in this book had a sophisticated knowledge of the philanthropy debates and of their power to transform twentieth-century notions about how to govern; how to conceive of national, class, and gender boundaries; and how to market the work of the professional art- ist in the real world. In keeping with the strong archival and historicizing approach of the “New Modernist Studies” of recent years, this book also analyzes the rich contextual detail of early modernist magazines, contemporary and archival periodicals, and government publications. Milena Radeva-Costello earned her advanced degree in English from Sofia University in Bulgaria and her MA and PhD in English from the Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests center on the theme of philanthropy in British and American Modernism, and she has pub- lished articles on philanthropy in the works of Virginia Woolf and Edith Wharton. She currently teaches at Providence College. Among the Victorians and Modernists Edited by Dennis Denisoff This series publishes monographs and essay collections on literature, art, and culture in the context of the diverse aesthetic, political, social, tech- nological, and scientific innovations that arose among the Victorians and Modernists. Viable topics include, but are not limited to, artistic and cul- tural debates and movements; influential figures and communities; and agitations and developments regarding subjects such as animals, com- modification, decadence, degeneracy, democracy, desire, ecology, gender, nationalism, the paranormal, performance, public art, sex, socialism, spiritualities, transnationalism, and the urban. Studies that address continuities between the Victorians and Modernists are welcome. Work on recent responses to the periods such as Neo-Victorian novels, graphic novels, and film will also be considered. 9 Testing New Opinions and Courting New Impressions New Perspectives on Walter Pater Edited by Anne-Florence Gillard-Estrada, Martine Lambert-Charbonnier and Charlotte Riberyro 10 Edwardian Culture Beyond the Garden Party Samuel Shaw, Sarah Shaw and Naomi Carle 11 The Female Fantastic Gendering the Supernatural in the 1890s and 1920s Edited by Elizabeth McCormick, Jennifer Mitchell, and Rebecca Soares 12 Art, Race, and Fantastic Color Change in the Victorian Novel Jessica Durgan 13 Philanthropy and Early Twentieth-Century British Literature Milena Radeva-Costello For more information about this series, please visit: https://www.routledge. com/Among-the-Victorians-and-Modernists/book-series/ASHSER4035 Philanthropy and Early Twentieth-Century British Literature Milena Radeva-Costello First published 2019 by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2019 Taylor & Francis The right of Milena Radeva-Costello to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this title has been requested ISBN: 978-1-138-06649-6 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-15913-3 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon by codeMantra To my mother Luba and to the memory of my father Todor Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Empire and Welfare in Britain 22 2 Yeats, Charity, and the Irish Question 59 3 Bloomsbury, the Spirit of Cambridge, and the Patronage of the Arts 92 4 Wyndham Lewis, Violence, and the Individual in the Welfare State 123 5 Women Writers, Altruism, and Philanthropy in Early Twentieth-Century Britain 153 Conclusion 187 Index 193 Acknowledgments Several scholars and institutions have inspired me and helped launch this project. First of all, I would like to thank Mark Morrisson, with- out whose guidance, insight, careful reading through multiple drafts of chapters, and unflagging support through the years this project would not have been possible. Additionally, I am grateful to Janet Lyon, R obert Caserio, and Vincent Lankewish for their critical commentaries and sug- gestions in the early stages of this project and to Joan Landes for gener- ously sharing with me her time and her knowledge of women’s history and of feminist theory. I am immensely indebted to the English depart- ment at Penn State University for their long-term generous support. I am grateful to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library for the use of Rebecca West’s manuscripts and to the New York Public Li- brary for allowing me access to the papers of the Charity Organization Society. I also wish to thank Eleanor McNees and Sara Veglahn for their comments on my conference paper on Virginia Woolf and the anony- mous second reviewer of the manuscript for several revision ideas that enriched the final version of my book. This book would not exist without the support of the English Depart- ment at Providence College. I wish to thank Bruce Graver, Chair of the English Department, Hugh Lena, Provost, and Sheila Adamus Liotta, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, for their support. Their will- ingness to work with me on the time constraints of this project has been instrumental in completing this study. I am thankful to Heidi Lee and Roumiana Velikova, for their friend- ship, willingness to listen, advice, and enthusiasm about this project. Last but not least, I owe an immense debt of gratitude to my husband Peter, who has forbearingly listened to me discuss this project for many years, read numerous manuscript pages, offered valuable advice, and provided emotional support throughout the writing and revising stages of this manuscript.
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