The perfect gift : the philanthropic imagination in poetry and prose
A diverse collection of classic and popular writings assembled to guide reflection on how to be a more thoughtful giver.
Print Book, English, ©2002
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, ©2002
Literature
ix, 425 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780253341310, 9780253215420, 0253341310, 0253215420
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The offering of Cain / Genesis 4
Nichomachean ethics: "generosity, extravagance, and stinginess" / Aristotle
Democracy in America: freedom and utility / Alexis de Tocqueville
Romala: "an arresting voice" / George Eliot
"Two Thanksgiving Day gentlemen" / O. Henry
"Charity" / C.S. Lewis
"Jeeves takes charge" / P.G. Wodehouse
"The prayers of Thanksgiving" / William F. May
"The social psychology of the gift" / Barry Schwartz
"Princess Diana and Mother Teresa: compassion and Christian charity" / Clifford Orwin
"Toward a fourth philanthropic response: American philanthropy and its public" / Elizabeth M. Lynn and D. Susan Wisely
Three parables / Matthew 25:1-46
The odyssey: the meeting of Nausikaa and Odysseus / Homer
Laws concerning gifts to the poor: "The book of seeds" / Moses Maimonides
"The spur of the moment" / Sarah Orne Jewett
"Motl prince" / Isaac Peretz
"Charitable effort" / Jane addams
"The chair of philanthromathematics" / O. Henry
"The rembrandt" / Edith Wharton
"The record of Badalia Herodsfoot" / Rudyard Kipling
"A work of art" / Sylvia Warner
"Another case of ingratitude" / John Reed
"The lovers of the poor" / Gwendolyn Brooks
Parents and children: the case of Jacob and Esau / Genesis 25:19-34; 27-28:9
The parable of the talents / Matthew 25:14-30
Timon of Athens, act I, scene 1 / William Shakespeare
"True and false philanthropy" / William H. McGuffey
"The gospel of wealth" / Andrew Carnegie
"The eleventh" / Henri Barbusse
"Mr. Plumter, B.A., revisits the old shop / Stephen Leacock
"The men in the storm" / Stephen Crane
"Charity and the confines of compassion" / Leon R. Kass
The parable of the prodigal son / Luke 15:11-32
Democracy in America: "appendix u," the pioneer woman / Alexis de Tocqueville
"Epilogue: Reb Yozifl and the contractor" / Sholom Aleichem
"Gift" / Rabindranath Tagore
"The gift of the magi" / O. Henry
"The death of the hired man" / Robert Frost
"Song of the shirt, 1941" / Dorothy Parker
"Memorial fund" / John O'Hara
"Lily Daw and the three ladies" / Eudora Welty
"Some food we could not eat" / Lewis Hyde
Tuesdays with Morrie: "the eighth Tuesday: we talk about money" / Mitch Albom
Nichomachean ethics: "moral virtue as the result of habits" / Aristotle
The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: practice makes perfect? / Benjamin Franklin
"Princeton for the nations service" / Woodrow Wilson
"The philanthropist" / Pierre Mac Orlan
Worship, humility and service / Kenneth E. Kirk
"The bishop's beggar" / Stephen Vincent Benet
"Town office" / Edward Holmes
"Giving and receiving: a practical way of directing love and compassion" / His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama
"Only reflect: a philanthropic education for our time" / Elizabeth M. Lynn and D. Susan Wisely
Includes index
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