The Feminist Alcott: Stories of a Woman's Power [Paperback]

Louisa May Alcott (Author), Madeline B. Stern (Editor, Contributor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1555532667 | ISBN-13: 978-1555532666 | Publication Date: March 14, 1996

The beloved juvenile writer's anonymous and pseudonymous sensation stories were first discovered decades ago by the literary sleuthing of Madeleine Stern and Leona Rostenberg. Now Stern, a recognized Alcott scholar, has selected four thrillers that illuminate Alcott's feminist convictions. These engaging potboilers feature the power struggle between the sexes and colorful, passionate heroines who, ranging from thwarted and abused victims to triumphant conquerors, will beguile a new audience of modern readers.

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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Gathering four of Alcott's early sensation stories ("Pauline's Passion and Punishment," "V.V.," "Behind a Mask," and "Taming a Tatar") from a previous Alcott collection (Louisa May Alcott Unmasked: Collected Thrillers, LJ 4/15/95), rare book collector and Alcott scholar Stern illustrates the ways in which women's struggle for sexual power form the thread that knits together Alcott's fiction. Each of the stories records the degree to which Alcott's female protagonists succeed or fail to break away from male domination to fashion their own self-identities. In "Pauline's Passion and Punishment," for example, Pauline succeeds in defeating her male opponent only to become trapped in a terrifying new relationship with him. Since the stories in this volume are readily available in other collections, only libraries wanting to own every edition of Alcott's stories will want to purchase it.?Henry L. Carrigan Jr., Westerville P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Northeastern (March 14, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555532667
• ISBN-13: 978-1555532666
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,882,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Louisa May Alcott was both an abolitionist and a feminist. She is best known for Little Women (1868), a semi-autobiographical account of her childhood years with her sisters in Concord, Massachusetts. Alcott, unlike Jo, never married: "... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man." She was an advocate of women's suffrage and was the first woman to register to vote in Concord, Massachusetts.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A LIFE CHANGING BOOK, July 11, 2010

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This review is from: The Feminist Alcott: Stories of a Woman's Power (Hardcover)

THIS IS OE OF THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE EVER READ. I MUST SAY I HAVE READ SO MANY BOOKS ALL OF JANE AUSTENS CHAROLET BRONTE DIKENS AND NOW MY GOAL IS LOUISA MAY ALCOTT. IT IS SUCH A ROMANTIC BOOK AND I SIMPLY LOVED IT. I READ IT WITHIN A DAY. IT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF JUST HOW POWERFUL AND DANGEROUS LOVE CAN BE. YOU WOULD BE SO AMAZED AT HOW THIS BOOK MADE ME FEEL. I RECOMEND IT TO ALL PEOPLE ABOVE THEY AGE OF 13 NOT BECAUSE IT IS INAPROPRIATE BUT BECAUSE IT IS A DIFECULT LANGUAGE TO UNDERSTAND. I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THIS BOOK AS MUCH AS I HAVE.I AM GOING TOREADD IT AGAIN AT THIS VERY MOMENT. EXTEND YOUR KNOLEDGE AND READ THE BOOK.