Doomed Romance: Broken Hearts, Lost Souls, and Sexual Tumult in Nineteenth-Century America
Author
Christine Leigh Heyrman
Content
xvii + 282 pp., ill., bibl., index
Publication date
2021
Publisher
New York: Borzoi Book/Alfred A. Knopf
Description
Examines gender roles, patriarchal culture, and sexual politics through the experiences of Martha Parker, who tried to capitalize on her relationship with a member of the clergy to become a missionary but was sabotaged.
Main subject
History Religion and Spirituality
ISBN
9780525655572 (cloth); 9780525655589 (ebook)
Citation
Heyrman, Christine Leigh. Doomed Romance: Broken Hearts, Lost Souls, and Sexual Tumult in Nineteenth-Century America. New York: Borzoi Book/Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. Sylvia. Accessed June 14, 2025. https://sylvia.library.wisc.edu/catalog/SYL3615.
