Mrs Humphry Ward and Greenian Philosophy : Religion, Society and Politics

"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."--Back cover Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Helen Loader)....Pages 1-16 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Religion, Women’s Education and Oxford (Helen Loader)....Pages 19-37 T. H. Green: Christianity and Moral Philosophy (Helen Loader)....Pages 39-58 Mary Ward: Writing, Doubt and Christian Religion (Helen Loader)....Pages 59-81 Mary Ward: Christian Citizen and Social Reformer (Helen Loader)....Pages 83-99 Front Matter ....Pages 101-101 Family, Fame and London Society (Helen Loader)....Pages 103-118 T. H. Green: Marriage, the Family Unit and Society (Helen Loader)....Pages 119-130 Mary Ward: Fiction, Divorce and Inequality (Helen Loader)....Pages 131-150 Mary Ward: Educational Visions and the Bloomsbury Community (Helen Loader)....Pages 151-168 Front Matter ....Pages 169-169 Liberal Politics, Women and the Public Sphere (Helen Loader)....Pages 171-186 T. H. Green: Political Theory and Liberalism (Helen Loader)....Pages 187-199 Mary Ward: Socialism and State Intervention (Helen Loader)....Pages 201-216 Mary Ward: Women and Political Action (Helen Loader)....Pages 217-231 Back Matter ....Pages 233-281 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. --back cover