The work and life of British author Charlotte Bronte fascinated America's Louisa May Alcott throughout her own literary career. As a nineteenth-century writer struggling with many of the same themes and issues as Bronte, Alcott was drawn toward her British counterpart, but cultural differences created a literary distance between them sometimes as wide as the Atlantic.
In this comparative study, Christine Doyle explores some of the intriguing parallels and differences between the two writers' backgrounds as she traces specific references to Bronte and her work -- not only in Alcott's...
The work and life of British author Charlotte Bronte fascinated America's Louisa May Alcott throughout her own literary career. As a nineteenth-centur...
Through close examination of Louisa May Alcott's letters, journals, and published writings, this book argues that Alcott responds to Charlotte Bronte's "woman's 'heart' but resists her British soul."
Through close examination of Louisa May Alcott's letters, journals, and published writings, this book argues that Alcott responds to Charlotte Bronte'...
