Description
This collection of new essay examines how authors of the 20th and 21st centuries continue the use of sentimental forms and tropes of 19th century literature. Current literary and cultural critical consensus seems to maintain that Americans engaged in a turn-of-the-century refutation of the sentimental mode; an analysis of 20th and 21st century narratives, however, reveals an ongoing use of sentimental expression that draws upon its ability to instruct and influence readers through their emotions.
While these later narratives employ aspects of the sentimental mode, many of them also engage in a critique of the failures of the sentimental, deconstructing 19th century perspectives on race, class and gender and the ways they are promoted by sentimental ideals.
About the Author
Jennifer A. Williamson is a gender specialist with an international development organization in the Washington, D.C., area where she lives. Jennifer Larson teaches literature, film and writing at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She lives in Chapel Hill. Ashley Reed teaches in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She lives in Chapel Hill.
Book Information
ISBN 9780786473410
Author Jennifer A. Williamson
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
Publisher McFarland & Co Inc
Weight(grams) 313g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm
