Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. Revivals of Sentiment: Sentimentalism and the Second Great Awakening 21
5. Chapter 2. My Kingdom: Sentimentalism and the Refinement of Hymnody 67
6. Chapter 3. The Christian Plot: Stowe, Millennialism, and Narrative Form 103
7. Chapter 4. Derelict Daughters and Polygamous Wives: Mormonism and the Uses of Sentiment 142
8. Chapter 5. The Mother Church: Mary Baker Eddy and the Practice of Sentimentalism 181
9. Notes 217
10. Bibliography 255
11. Index 273
12. Acknowledgments 279