This was the day I was waiting for. Ever since I started reading Eden’s Outcasts: The Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Father, I have been dying to talk to John Matteson. His penetrating insights into Bronson and Louisa have forever changed the way I look at them (most especially Bronson). Unique understanding In …
Join the discussion: Little Women – Feminist Novel?
During the month of July Nancy from The Silver Threads blog is hosting the discussion of Little Women at A Year of Feminist Classics. She proposes that the book puts forth opposing messages: a feminist message of independence and self-expression, and a message of social conformity. She asks, which is it – a liberating view of …
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A continuing discussion on An Old-Fashioned Girl
Better late than never, I finally finished An Old-Fashioned Girl! And I have lots to say about it through several posts in the next few days. I have already written a few posts about this book which you can find here. I have to admit that the book lost me somewhere in the middle, before …
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Louisa May Alcott part of study on women authors and domesticity
I found a wonderful article about a book featuring Louisa May Alcott and 3 other women authors in a study on American women authors' domesticity. Here is an excerpt from the article - the link is at the end of the excerpt so you can read the whole article: Newswise — Brooklyn, NY -- The …
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Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 