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

Catalog Data

Author:
Moody, Joycelyn 1957-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 208 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
C2001
19th century
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
Topic:
African American women--Religious life  Search this
African American women--History and criticism  Search this
Christian biography--History and criticism  Search this
Sentimentalism in literature  Search this
Evangelicalism--History  Search this
Nationalism--History  Search this
Autobiography--African American authors  Search this
African American women in literature  Search this
Autobiography--Women authors  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_682624