Alcott, Louisa May | Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Biography
Elbert, Sarah. A Hunger for Home: Louisa May Alcott and Little Women. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984, 278 p.
Examines Alcott's life and works in the context of Little Women.
Saxton, Martha. Louisa May Alcott. New York: The Noonday Press, 1995, 428 p.
Claims that Alcott's sentimental works masked a life of sexual repression.
Criticism
Beer, Patricia. "Jo's Other Sisters." The Times Literary Supplement, No. 3870 (14 May 1976): 569.
Argues that the sensation stories reveal a dark side to Little Women.
Estes, Angela M., and Kathleen Margaret Lant. "'We Don't Mind the Bumps': Reforming the Child's Body in Louisa May Alcott's 'Cupid and Chow-chow'." Children's Literature XXII (1994): 27-42.
Argues that Alcott metaphorically punishes the heroine of "Cupid and Chow-chow."
Johnson, Diane. "Plots and Counterplots." The...
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