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Sentimental readers [electronic resource] : the rise, fall, and revival of a disparaged rhetoric / Faye Halpern

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Halpern, Faye
Published
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2013]
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xxii, 215 pages ; 23 cm
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Contents
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.
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ISBN
9781609381868 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
1609381866 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9781609382100 (ebook)
1609382102 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and index.
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