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Sentimental spirits: saving the soul while seizing the heart and swaying the mind
| Title: | Sentimental spirits: saving the soul while seizing the heart and swaying the mind. |
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| Name(s): |
Rovere, Michelle, author Bradford, Adam C., Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of English |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Created: | 2015 | |
| Date Issued: | 2015 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 77 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | During the nineteenth century, African American women like Jarena Lee, Zilpha Elaw, and Julia Foote wrote narratives of their spiritual conversions. Through their efforts and the efforts of others like them, spiritual autobiographies became not only evangelical tools but also a means of shaping African American culture and American society in general. While some black women were working to claim power for their gender and race by writing spiritual narratives, other women, both black and white, were working with sentimental literature to achieve similar goals. | |
| Identifier: | FA00004463 (IID) | |
| Degree granted: | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015 | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
| Subject(s): |
African American aesthetics African American women authors -- 19th century -- Criticism and interpretation American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism American literature -- African American authors Antislavery movements in literature Elaw, Zilpha -- approximately 1790- -- Criticism and interpretation Emotions in literature Foote, Julia A.J. -- 1823-1900 -- Criticism and interpretation Lee, Jarena -- 1783- -- Criticism and interpretation Spirituality in literature |
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| Held by: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries | |
| Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
| Links: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004463 | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004463 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU | |
| Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |
