Title: A hunger for home : Louisa May Alcott's place in American culture /
Authors: Elbert, Sarah.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press,
Year: 1987
Subjects: Alcott, Louisa May,; Domestic fiction, American History and criticism.; Women in literature; Sex role in literature.; Home in literature.; Feminism and literature United States.; Novelists, American Biography; Feminist fiction, American History and criticism.; Authors, American Biography
Abstract: Examines the life of the nineteenth century American writer and feminist, discusses her major novels and stories, and looks at the issues of her day.
Contents: Something to Love and Live For -- Model Children -- Armies of Reform -- Transcendental Wild Oats -- The Trials of Life Begin -- Outward Bound -- Moods -- The Battle Cry of Freedom -- Passion and Punishment -- Writing Little Women -- Reading Little Women -- Girl Boys and Boy Girls -- To Earn a Home -- The Social Influence.