Michael C. Cohen teaches English at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Introduction. How to Read a Nineteenth-Century Poem
Chapter 1. Balladmongering and Social Life
Chapter 2. The Poetics of Reform
Chapter 3. Contraband Songs
Chapter 4. Old Ballads and New Histories
Chapter 5. The Reconstruction of American Poetry
Chapter 6. The Minstrels' Trail
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Michael C. Cohen teaches English at the University of California, Los Angeles.