Author: Wendy Dasler Johnson

Publisher: SIU Press

Published: 2016-08-10

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 080933500X

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.