Sentimental Readers: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of a Disparaged Rhetoric by Faye Halpern

Sentimental Readers: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of a Disparaged Rhetoric

Faye Halpern

226 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

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How could novels like Uncle Tom’s Cabin change the hearts and minds of thousands of mid-nineteenth-century readers, yet make so many modern readers cringe at their over-the-top, tear-filled scenes? Sentimental Readers explains why sentimental rhet...

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