Hearing Sappho in New Orleans: The Call of Poetry from Congo Square to the Ninth Ward Boarding Out: Inhabiting the American Urban Literary Imagination, 1840-1860

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Book Review| September 01 2014 Hearing Sappho in New Orleans: The Call of Poetry from Congo Square to the Ninth Ward Boarding Out: Inhabiting the American Urban Literary Imagination, 1840-1860 Hearing Sappho in New Orleans: The Call of Poetry from Congo Square to the Ninth Ward. By Salvaggio, Ruth. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press. 2012. xiv, 242 pp. Cloth, $39.95; e-book, $29.95.Boarding Out: Inhabiting the American Urban Literary Imagination, 1840-1860. By Faflik, David. Chicago: Northwestern Univ. Press. 2012. xii, 374 pp. Cloth, $79.95; paper, $29.95. Kevin R. McNamara Kevin R. McNamara Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Literature (2014) 86 (3): 616–618. https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2717443 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Kevin R. McNamara; Hearing Sappho in New Orleans: The Call of Poetry from Congo Square to the Ninth Ward Boarding Out: Inhabiting the American Urban Literary Imagination, 1840-1860. American Literature 1 September 2014; 86 (3): 616–618. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00029831-2717443 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsAmerican Literature Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2014 by Duke University Press2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.