In Praise of Poverty

"Scheuermann has read her texts carefully and the student who wishes to be guided through them will find this book provides an admirable course in critical reading."—Albion

"Provides a clear, thorough outline of More's conservative politics—a Burkean quietism meant to confute Thomas Paine, William Godwin, and the whole army of revolutionary 'radicals.'"—Choice

"Provides us with a much needed corrective to the majority of work that for the past twenty-five years or so has focused almost exclusively on the radical movement that emerged in the wake of the American and French Revolutions."—East-Central Intelligencer

"Her exposition of Hannah More's writings is commendable."—History

"A useful addition to this neglected area of scholarship."—History of Political Thought

"An intriguing and scholarly reappraisal of a writer to whom too little attention has been paid."—H-Net Reviews (H-Albion)

"Scheuermann's subject matter resonates with current political discourse, especially with regard to welfare reform. In that sense it not only illuminates our understanding of the past, but also provides perspectives relevant to today's social issues."—Maryland Historical Magazine

"Bringing to her study of Hanna More a wide knowledge of the political ferment during the 1790s, Scheuermann has written a work which sees More's writing in terms of the upper-class reaction against the ideas of the English Jacobins. With considerable irony, Scheuermann suggests that recent attempts to transform Hannah More into an icon for the feminist movement have been misguided."—Max Novak

"Scheuermann's brilliant study of the long ignored Village Politics and Cheap Repository Tracts is an important contribution to our knowledge of Establishment propaganda in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and Hannah More's place in the anti-radical movement."—Paul J. Korshin

"This valuable account of More's writings for the poor . . . will ensure that her significance 'as a public spokesman in the trying and dangerous political atmosphere of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries' is given due attention."—Women's History Magazine