The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Sentimental Writing [from the London Saturday Review]

"Sentimental Writing [from the London Saturday Review]." New-York Saturday Press, December 15, 1860, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
literary criticism
Abstract

A short essay on what makes sentimentalist writing effective and affecting. There needs to be dignity in it, with a precarious balance of distance and familiarity with the audience.