Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1. Introduction: Body Politics 3
5. PART ONE: SENTIMENT AND CITIZENSHIP
6. 2. United States Liberalism and the Public Sphere 27
7. 3. The Patriot's Two Bodies: Nationality and Corporeality in George Washington's ªFarewell Address 55
8. PART TWO: SENTIMENT AND SEX
9. 4. Corresponding Sentiments and Republican Letters: Hannah Foster's The Coquette 81
10. 5. Masochism and Male Sentimentalism: Charles Brockden Brown's Clara Howard 112
11. PART THREE: SENTIMENT AND SEXUALITY
12. 6. Obscene Publics: Jesse Sharpless and Harriet Jacobs 137
13. 7. Afterword: Closeted Sentiments 155
14. Notes 161
15. Index 205