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Little Women: A Family Romance
Elizabeth Le Keyser
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Description for Little Women: A Family Romance
Paperback. Louisa May Alcott "rewrote" not only herself but also her parents and sisters in "Little Women". Yet do we understand her impulse? This study focuses on her motivations in fashioning an idealized family in her novel, suggesting ways to view both the fictional Marches and the real-world Alcotts. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
It is no secret that Louisa May Alcott ""rewrote"" not only herself but also her mother, father and sisters in ""Little Women"". Yet how well do we grasp the significance of her impulse? This study focuses on Alcott's personal and creative motivations in fashioning an idealized family in her novel and gives us new ways to view both the fictional Marches and the real-world Alcotts. Drawing on Freud's essay ""Family Romances"" and his related work on children's daydreams and fantasies, the author reads ""Little Women"" in terms of the burgeoning hostility and longing eroticism and ambition each March child experiences ... Read more
It is no secret that Louisa May Alcott ""rewrote"" not only herself but also her mother, father and sisters in ""Little Women"". Yet how well do we grasp the significance of her impulse? This study focuses on Alcott's personal and creative motivations in fashioning an idealized family in her novel and gives us new ways to view both the fictional Marches and the real-world Alcotts. Drawing on Freud's essay ""Family Romances"" and his related work on children's daydreams and fantasies, the author reads ""Little Women"" in terms of the burgeoning hostility and longing eroticism and ambition each March child experiences ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820322803
SKU
V9780820322803
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