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Author:

Moody, Joycelyn, 1957-

Title:

Sentimental confessions : spiritual narratives of nineteenth-century African American women / Joycelyn Moody.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

xvi, 208 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African American women authors--Religious life.
African American women authors--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Christian biography--United States--History and criticism.
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Sentimentalism in literature.
Evangelicalism--United States--History--19th century.
Nationalism--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: sympathy and revolution -- (Im)personal complaints: Maria Stewart -- Sin-sick souls: Jarena Lee and Zilpha Elaw -- Rejecting sentimentalism: Nancy Prince -- Slavery's sinners: Mattie J. Jackson -- Thunderous daughter: Julia Foote -- Conclusion: spirit and ecstacy.

ISBN:

9780820322360 (alk. paper)
0820322369 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43798312
(OCoLC)46945210

LCCN:

00029925

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)