Domesticity versus Identity: A Review of Alcott Research.

Keyser, Elizabeth Lennox

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Domesticity versus Identity: A Review of Alcott Research.

Keyser, Elizabeth Lennox

Children's Literature in Education, v16 n3 p165-75 Aut 1985

Examines three recent books on Louisa May Alcott: (1) "A Hunger for Home: Louisa May Alcott and Little Women" by Sarah Elbert, (2) "The Promise of Destiny: Children and Women in the Short Stories of Louisa May Alcott" by Joy Marsella, and (3) "Louisa May Alcott" by Ruth MacDonald. (HOD)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Characterization, Conflict Resolution, Females, Feminism, Homemakers, Identification (Psychology), Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature, Self Actualization, Social Change, Social Values

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