Sentimentalism emerged in eighteenth-century Europe as a moral philosophy founded on the belief that individuals are able to form relationships and communities

Sentimentalism is usually studied through US-British relations after the American Revolution or in connection to national reforms like the abolitionist movement

In this book, Glenn Hendler explores what he calls the "logic of sympathy" in novels by Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, T. S. Arthur, Martin Delany, Horatio Al

Examines the constructions of feminine consumption in the nineteenth century in relation to capitalism and domesticity.

Sentimental Confessions is a groundbreaking study of evangelicalism, sentimentalism, and nationalism in early African American holy women’s autobiography. At