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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797405803321

Autore

Strickland Charles <1930-2019, >

Titolo

Victorian domesticity : families in the life and art of Louisa May Alcott / / Charles Strickland ; foreword by Robert Coles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University Alabama Press, , 1985

©1985

ISBN

0-8173-9043-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

813/.4

Soggetti

Domestic fiction, American - History and criticism

Women and literature - United States - History - 19th century

Families - United States - History - 19th century

Authors, American - 19th century

Feminism and literature - United States

March family (Fictitious characters)

Families in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1: Alcott's Heritage: The Sentimental Revolution; Chapter 2: The Contradictions of a Sentimental Childhood: Louisa's Early Years; Chapter 3: Growing Up Female and the Family Claim; Chapter 4: Three Audiences and Three Images of Young Womanhood; Chapter 5: Feminism and the Family; Chapter 6: From Old-Fashioned Families to Families of Fashion: The Curse of Success; Chapter 7: Companionate Marriage and the Androgynous Ideal; Chapter 8: The Nurture of the Child: The Sentimental Legacy

Chapter 9: The Family and the World: The Privatization of UtopiaEpilogue: The Legacy of Victorian Domesticity; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author