“She Loves Nothing but Her Art”: Vibrant Marble and the Agency of the Female Artist in Louisa May Alcott’s “A Marble Woman, or The Mysterious Model”
At first glance, “A Marble Woman” (1865) seems to offer but a trite marriage plot, assuaging Louisa May Alcott’s contemporary readers while containing the heroine’s scandalous abilities. On a second and read through a new materialist critical lens, it becomes apparent how cunningly the female sculpt...
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Main Authors: | Verena Laschinger, Annemarie Mönch, and Sophia Klefisch |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
2022-10-01
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Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/18753 |
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