Louisa May Alcott
Born November 29, 1832Germantown, Pennsylvania
Died March 6, 1888Roxbury, Massachusetts
Writer and editor
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Louisa May Alcott
(1832 - 1888)
(Also wrote under the pseudonyms Flora Fairfield, A. M. Barnard, Cousin Tribulation, Oranthy Bluggage, Minerva Moody, and Aunt Weedy) American novelist, short story wri...
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Biography EssayThough she also wrote adult novels, Louisa May Alcott is known primarily for her eight novels for children in the Little Women series. Her children's novels are characterized by their g...
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Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is one of America's best-known writers of juvenile fiction. She was also a reformer, working in the causes of temperance and women's suffrage.Louisa May Alcott was born i...
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If longevity is any benchmark for literary greatness, then Louisa May Alcott would qualify. Her novel Little Women, published in 1868, still attracts legions of readers well over a century after publi...
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Louisa May Alcott (29 November 1832-6 March 1888) still retains her reputation as one of America's best-loved writers of juveniles. That reputation was established with the publication of Little Wom...
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Though she also wrote adult novels, Louisa May Alcott is known primarily for her eight novels for children in the Little Women series. Her children's novels are characterized by their glorification...
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Louisa May Alcott is an unexpected inhabitant in the world of magazine editing. Her name is better known as the author of Little Women (1868-1869) and other children's stories, and her novels are now ...
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Louisa May Alcott was widely known during her lifetime as the Children's Friend, a reputation based principally upon her domestic sagas for young adults, Little Women or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868, ...
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For most of the twentieth century Louisa May Alcott's literary reputation rested largely on her masterpiece, Little Women (1868, 1869). Yet, late in the twentieth century, Alcott--whose first biograph...
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In the following essay, Yellin argues that Alcott's feminist concerns are revealed in her novel Work, which is distinguished from other nineteenth-century novels "in proposing that women...
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In the following chapter from a critical study of Alcott, Elbert examines how Alcott's novel Moods examines social and moral questions associated with relationships between the sexes.
Life is ...
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In the following essay, a version of which was presented at the National Women's Studies Association Conference in May, 1980, Halttunen examines the role of the "parlor theatrical"...
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In the following essay, Stern examines Alcott's artistic development throughout her career, focusing in particular on the author's approach to both the craft and the business of fiction ...
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In the following chapter from a critical study of Alcott's fiction, Keyser offers an analysis of Behind a Mask, considering the work in the context of the "Victorian Cult of True Womanho...
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In the following essay, Rostenberg discusses the publishing history of Alcott's pseudonymous sensation stories.
When Jo March, dressed in her best, entered the office of the Weekly Volcano she ...
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In the following essay, Estes and Lant emphasize the ambiguity and complexity of Alcott's portrayal of "a young girl's entry into the world of Adulthood" in "Fancy&#...
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In the following excerpt, Stern discusses characterizations, themes, and literary sources for Alcotts sensation stories.
What was the nature of the stories written in secret by the author of Flower Fa...
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In the following excerpt, Douglas contrasts Alcott's sensation stories with her popular juvenile writings and concludes that "the little girls of Alcott's later work have somethin...
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In the following essay, Marsella articulates the "moral code" of Alcott's Scrap Bag stories in relation to the author's portrayal of women and children.
The short stories i...
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In the following essay, Fetterley argues that " 'Behind a Mask' is Alcott's most radical text."
Every student of 19th century American literature owes Madeleine Ster...
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In the following essay, Keyser finds a radical feminist subtext in Alcott's children's story "Cupid and Chow-chow. "
Louisa May Alcott, despite the critical attention that ...
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In the following essay, Carpenter studies the theme of repressed rage in "A Whisper in the Dark," commenting that "the text should be viewed as a battleground not only for its cha...
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In the following excerpt, Stern discusses recurring themes and structural devices in Alcott's sensation stories.
The association of the author of Little Women with tales of feminist passion and...
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In the following excerpt, Shealy views Alcott as "a pioneer in American fantasy literature. "
On Christmas Day 1854, Louisa May Alcott presented her mother, Abigail, with a copy of her f...
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In the following essay, Keyser argues that "Alcott uses the Gothic machinery of a highly implausibleand melodramatic story to make a number of telling points about the nature of patriarchy.�...
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In the following essay, Stoneley considers the use of fashion in Louisa May Alcott's work as a consequence of her upbringing. He asserts that Alcott's treatment of fashion also reflects ...
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"I don't see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You're a regular Shakespeare" (Alcott 7). This line taken out of Louisa Alcott's Little Women demonstrates how even the character, base...
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Alcott, Louisa May
Alcott, Louisa May
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
