Session Details

Friday, 28 December

274. “Wrestling in the Shadows”: The Religious Poetry of Nineteenth-Century American Women

1:45–3:00 p.m., Skyway Suite 272, Hyatt Regency

A special session

Presiding: Mark A. McCullough, Graduate Center, City Univ. of New York

1. “Wrestling in the Shadows: Religious Doubt in the Poetry of Rose Terry Cooke and Henrietta Cordelia Ray,” Nancy F. Sweet, California State Univ., Sacramento

2. “A Sound Argument for the Afterlife: Lizzie Doten’s Rhyme and Edgar Allan Poe’s Spirit,” Tracy Auclair, Univ. of California, Berkeley

3. “On the Prayer-Worn Floor: Edith Wharton’s ‘Chartres,’” Maureen Anderson, Univ. of South Carolina, Salkehatchie

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