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02222aam a2200361 i 4500 001 E363614A084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240502011849 008 240119t20232023ncuac b 000 p eng d 020 $a 0865265038 020 $a 9780865265035 035 $a (OCoLC)1417470426 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NCS $d BDX $d NOC $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-us-nc 050 4 $a PS3110 T67 G75 2023 086 $a F1 2:H698 $2 ncdocs 100 1 $a Turner, Sophia, $d 1833-1880, $e author. 245 14 $a The grief of a mind giving way : $b Sophia Turner's poems from the North Carolina Asylum for the Insane, 1878-1880 / $c edited with an introduction by Sylvia D. Hoffert. 246 30 $a Sophia Turner's poems from the North Carolina Asylum for the Insane, 1878-1880 264 1 $a Raleigh, NC : $b Historical Research Office, N.C. Office of Archives and History, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, $c [2023] 300 $a vii, 118 pages : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "Sylvia Hoffert has transcribed and edited the poems of Sophia Turner, a Hillsborough housewife, whose husband Josiah Turner, Jr., placed her in the North Carolina Asylum for the Insane in 1878 hoping that the doctors there could cure her addiction. Neglected by Josiah, who virtually abandoned her, Sophia spent many hours before her grated window composing poems that allowed her to explore and reflect on her distressing situation. A sensitive, intelligent, well-educated woman capable of profound introspection, she used the act of creating poetry as an opportunity to discipline her mind, indulge her sensibilities, and engage her imagination"--Page 4 of cover. 600 10 $a Turner, Sophia, $d 1833-1880. 650 0 $a Women $x Institutional care $z North Carolina $v Poetry. 650 0 $a Drug addicts' writings. 700 1 $a Hoffert, Sylvia D., $e editor. 710 1 $a North Carolina. $b Office of Archives and History, $e issuing body. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240517010359.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013218.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E363614A084B11EFBCAD05DA2DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search