Antebellum American Women's Poetry: A Rhetoric of Sentiment

This book explores sentimental poetry, an often overlooked, yet significant and persuasive pre-Civil War American discourse. At a time when a woman speaking before a mixed-gender audience might be labeled "promiscuous," many women presented their views through sentimental poetry, a blend of affect with intellect.

Author(s): Wendy Dasler Johnson
Publisher: SIU Press
Published: 2016-08-10
Pages: 282
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines