Sentimental Confessions: Spiritual Narratives of Nineteenth-Century African American Women

Author/Contributor(s):	Moody, Joycelyn
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	12/01/2003
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

A groundbreaking study of evangelicalism, sentimentalism, and nationalism in early African American holy women's autobiography. At its core are analyses of the life writings of six women--Maria Stewart, Jarena Lee, Zilpha Elaw, Nancy Prince, Mattie J. Jackson, and Julia Foote--all of which appeared in the mid-nineteenth century.