This book examines constructions of childhood in the works of
Louisa May Alcott. While Little Women continues to gain popular and
critical attention, Alcott's wider works for children have largely
been consigned to history. This book therefore investigates
Alcott's lesser-known children's texts to reconsider critical
assumptions about childhood in her works and in literature more
widely. Kristina West investigates the trend towards reading
Alcott's life into her works; readings of gender and sexuality,
race, disability, and class; the sentimental domestic; portrayals
of Transcendentalism and American education; and adaptations of
these works. Analyzing Alcott as a writer for twenty-first-century
children, West considers Alcott's place in the children's canon and
how new media and fan fiction impact readings of her works today.
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