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Sentimental readers

Halpern, Faye.

Sentimental readers the rise, fall, and revival of a disparaged rhetoric / [electronic resource] : Faye Halpern. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The how of sentimentality -- Edward Tyrrel channing and the matter of disingenuous eloquence -- Why we should trust Harriet Beecher Stowe -- The art of appearances in Louisa May Alcott -- Henry Ward Beecher and the fall of the sentimental orator -- In defense of reading badly -- A critical problem with being a good reader of sentimental rhetoric.

9781609382100 1609382102


Narration (Rhetoric)
Sentimentalism in literature.


Electronic books.

PN56.S475 / H35 2013

809/.93353