Alternative Alcott by Louisa May Alcott (American Women Writers)
Alcott's pseudonymous sensation stories have only recently been discovered; along with her adult novels, historical and feminist essays, and memoir of the failed communal experiment that was her childhood, they show us that there was indeed and "alternative Alcott." This volume reprints much of Alcott's "alternative" fiction, including the satirical Transcendental Wild Oats. Though brilliant, Showalter's introduction is at times excessively Freudian and speculative; literature can and must stand on its own. Still, this is a highly pertinent anthology. Marc Widershien, State Lib. of MassachusettsCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.