Victorian Domesticity: Families in the Life and Art of Louisa May Alcott 0817312544, 9780817312541

The subject of Victorian Domesticity is family life in America. The life and works of Louisa May Alcott served as the ve

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Victorian Domesticity: Families in the Life and Art of Louisa May Alcott
 0817312544, 9780817312541

Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1: Alcott's Heritage: The Sentimental Revolution
Chapter 2: The Contradictions of a Sentimental Childhood: Louisa's Early Years
Chapter 3: Growing Up Female and the Family Claim
Chapter 4: Three Audiences and Three Images of Young Womanhood
Chapter 5: Feminism and the Family
Chapter 6: From Old-Fashioned Families to Families of Fashion: The Curse of Success
Chapter 7: Companionate Marriage and the Androgynous Ideal
Chapter 8: The Nurture of the Child: The Sentimental Legacy
Chapter 9: The Family and the World: The Privatization of Utopia
Epilogue: The Legacy of Victorian Domesticity
Notes
Works Cited
Index
About the Author

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