Little Women at 150

IF 0.2 3区 文学 0 LITERATURE, AMERICAN
Theresa Strouth Gaul
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As the golden age of children’s literature dawned in America in the mid-1860s, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, a work that many scholars view as one of the first realistic novels for young people, soon became a classic. Never out of print, Alcott’s classic tale of four sisters growing up in post-Civil War New England has been published in more than thirty countries around the world. Over the century and a half since its publication, the novel grew into a cherished book for girls and boys alike. Readers as diverse as Carson McCullers, Gloria Steinem, Theodore Roosevelt, and J. K. Rowling have declared it a favorite. Little Women at 150, a collection of nine original essays by scholars whose research and writings over the past twenty years have helped elevate Alcott’s reputation in the academic community, examines anew the enduring popularity of the novel and explores the myriad complexities of Alcott’s most famous work.Examining key issues about philanthropy, class, feminism, Marxism, transcendentalism, canon formation, domestic labor, marriage, and Australian literature, Little Women at 150 presents new perspectives on one of the United States’ most enduring novels. An historical and critical introduction discusses the creation and publication of the novel, traces the scholarly critical response, and demonstrates how these new essays show us that Little Women and its illustrations still have riches to reveal to its readers in the 21st century.
150岁的小妇人
随着19世纪60年代中期美国儿童文学的黄金时代到来,路易莎·梅·奥尔科特的《小妇人》很快成为经典。许多学者认为,这部作品是最早面向年轻人的现实主义小说之一。奥尔科特的经典故事讲述了四姐妹在内战后的新英格兰长大的故事,从未绝版,已在全球30多个国家出版。自出版以来的一个半世纪里,这本小说成为了女孩和男孩们都珍爱的书。卡森·麦卡勒斯、格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆、西奥多·罗斯福和j·k·罗琳等形形色色的读者都宣称这本书是他们的最爱。《150岁的小女人》是一本由学者们撰写的九篇原创文章的合集,这些学者在过去20年里的研究和写作帮助提升了奥尔科特在学术界的声誉。这本书重新审视了这部小说经久不衰的受欢迎程度,并探讨了奥尔科特最著名作品的无数复杂性。《150岁的小女人》审视了慈善、阶级、女权主义、马克思主义、先验主义、教规形成、家务劳动、婚姻和澳大利亚文学等关键问题,以新的视角审视了这部美国最经久不衰的小说之一。历史和批判的介绍讨论了小说的创作和出版,追溯了学术批评的反应,并展示了这些新的散文如何向我们展示了《小妇人》及其插图在21世纪仍有丰富的内容可供读者阅读。
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AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM
AMERICAN LITERARY REALISM LITERATURE, AMERICAN-
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0.10
自引率
50.00%
发文量
8
期刊介绍: For forty years, American Literary Realism has brought readers critical essays on American literature from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The whole panorama of great authors from this key transition period in American literary history, including Henry James, Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, and many others, is discussed in articles, book reviews, critical essays, bibliographies, documents, and notes on all related topics. Each issue is also a valuable bibliographic resource.
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