Transnational Relationships, US Feminism, and the Labor of Dark Foreign Men in the “New World” of Europe in Louisa May Alcott’s Diana and Persis
This paper examines romantic relationships between U.S. and non-U.S. citizens in Diana and Persis, Louisa May Alcott’s 1879 sentimental novella set in Europe and based on May Alcott’s life. The essay argues that Alcott uses sentimental, transnational relationships and the adulation of France and Ita...
Saved in:
Main Author: | Leslie Hammer |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2019-09-01
|
Series: | Transatlantica |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/12417 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Louisa May Alcott’s Changing Views on Women, Work, and Marriage in Work
by: Jelena Šesnić
Published: (2022-10-01) -
Domestic Wounds: Nursing in Louisa May Alcott’s War tales
by: Daniela Daniele
Published: (2015-03-01) -
Affective Deception: Experiencing Genderplay in Louisa May Alcott
by: Ralph J. Poole
Published: (2022-10-01) -
“Love and Self-Love”: The Balance between Sympathy and Self-Respect in Louisa May Alcott’s Early Fiction
by: Asun López-Varela Azcárate
Published: (2022-10-01) -
Performing Womanhood: Fictions of Love in Louisa May Alcott’s Behind a Mask
by: Stéphanie Durrans
Published: (2022-10-01)