The Perfect Gift: The Philanthropic Imagination in Poetry and Prose

Forsideomslag
Amy A. Kass
Indiana University Press, 12. aug. 2002 - 425 sider

This volume aims at cultivating and enlightening our philanthropic imagination. It addresses us all as present and future philanthropists, as human beings who give, serve, and seek to promote the well being of others. It suggests that we are continually confronted with choices about giving, and offers a collection of writings intended to help us reflect more seriously on these choices, and to make philanthropic acts, when they are undertaken, more meaningful.

The readings contained in The Philanthropic Imagination come from a variety of cultures, time periods, and genres. They represent classical works of literature, philosophy, and religion, but also contemporary and popular writings. Selections are drawn from the works of Aristotle, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, C. S. Lewis, Alexis de Tocqueville, Martin Luther King, P. G. Wodehouse, Sholom Aleichem, and Shel Silverstein, among others. They are organized by the specific question they address: When, why, how, to whom, and what should we give?

Amy Kass provides a general introduction to the book, as well as introductions to each selection. The introductions offer context for each reading and questions to guide reflection, but they do not supply uniform answers. The answers must come from the reader.

 

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1934 27289 Parents and Children
1
Genesis 4 The Offering of Cain
11
Stinginess
15
Freedom and Utility
21
An Arresting Voice
34
O Henry Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
42
S Lewis Charity
49
P G Wodehouse Jeeves Takes Charge
57
William Shakespeare Timon of Athens Act I Scene 1
215
William H McGuffey True and False Philanthropy
229
Andrew Carnegie The Gospel of Wealth
230
Henri Barbusse The Eleventh
247
Stephen Leacock Mr Plumter B A Revisits the Old Shop
249
Stephen Crane The Men in the Storm
263
Leon R Kass Charity and the Confines of Compassion
267
1132 The Parable of the Prodigal Son
281

William F May The Prayers of Thanksgiving
75
Barry Schwartz The Social Psychology of the Gift
77
Compassion and Christian Charity
88
American Philanthropy and Its Public
102
146 Three Parables
113
The Book of Seeds
125
Sarah Orne Jewett The Spur of the Moment
129
Isaac Peretz Motl Prince
137
Jane Addams Charitable Effort
140
O Henry The Chair of Philanthromathematics
157
Edith Wharton The Rembrandt
161
Rudyard Kipling The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot
174
Sylvia Warner A Work of Art
193
John Reed Another Case of Ingratitude
199
Gwendolyn Brooks The Lovers of the Poor
201
The Case of Jacob and Esau
207
1430 The Parable of the Talents
213
Appendix U The Pioneer Woman
285
Reb Yozifl and the Contractor
291
Rabindranath Tagore Gift
297
O Henry The Gift of the Magi
298
Robert Frost The Death of the Hired Man
305
Dorothy Parker Song of the Shirt 1941
308
John OHara Memorial Fund
317
Eudora Welty Lily Daw and the Three Ladies
321
Lewis Hyde Some Food We Could Not Eat
329
The Eighth Tuesday We Talk About Money
336
Moral Virtue as the Result of Habits
345
Practice Makes Perfect?
348
Woodrow Wilson Princeton for the Nations Service
356
Pierre Mac Orlan The Philanthropist
371
Kenneth E Kirk Worship Humility and Service
372
Stephen Vincent Benet The Bishops Beggar
378
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Amy A. Kass, Senior Lecturer in the Humanities Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago, is an award-winning teacher. Her previous anthologies include American Lives: Cultural Differences, Individual Distinction and (with Leon Kass) Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar: Readings on Courting and Marrying.

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