Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER 1 From Sympathy to Altruism: The Roots of Philanthropic Discourse 31
6. CHAPTER 2 DICKENSIAN REALISM AND TELESCOPIC PHILANTHROPY 75
7. CHAPTER 3 HAWTHORNE’S ‘COLD FANCY’ AND THE REVISION OF SYMPATHETIC EXCHANGE 104
8. CHAPTER 4 ALTRUISM’S CONQUEST OF MODERN GENERALISATION IN GEORGE ELIOT 139
9. CHAPTER 5 WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS’S ‘ALTRURIAN’ AESTHETIC IN THE MODERN MARKETPLACE 171
10. CODA 194
11. Bibliography 197
12. Index 206