Domestic Wounds: Nursing in Louisa May Alcott’s War tales
Louisa May Alcott’s literary career started with a humorous account of her nursing experience in the Union Army. The Civil War remained a major theme even in the tales that she wrote during the Reconstruction Era. They celebrate the professional achievements of sturdy “deaconesses” like Dorothea Dix...
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Main Author: | Daniela Daniele |
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Language: | English |
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European Association for American Studies
2015-03-01
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Series: | European Journal of American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10747 |
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