Antebellum American Women's Poetry: A Rhetoric of Sentiment
- ISBN-10
- 080933500X
- ISBN-13
- 9780809335008
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 282
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-08-10
- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Author
- Wendy Dasler Johnson
Description
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."
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