Louisa May Alcott and Little Women is one-third biography, one-third history and insights into Little Women, and one-third legacy and sites. It also includes a scholarly find: little known verses, some of which are set to music.Written in accessible style, the author lets Alcotts own words (from diaries and letters) reveal her life and works.Though an adult reference, it was on the shortlist of notable books of the Childrens Literature Association.
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Gloria T. Delamar is a writer and educator whose primary works delve into reference and insights. Her other books include Mother Goose: From Nursery to Literature; Childrens Counting-Out Rhymes, Fingerplays, Jump-Rope and Bounce-Ball Chants; Rounds Re-Sounding: Circular Music for Voices and Instruments; The Wishing Handbook: More Than 500 Ways to Make Your Wishes Come True.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great - more than a biography,
By Connie Aiken (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Louisa May Alcott and "Little Women": Biography, Critique, Publications, Poems, Songs, and Contemporary Relevance (Paperback)
This triple-look at author Louisa May Alcott presents information I'd not seen in many of the other biographies. The special "finds" are a real contribution to literature. The book overall is scholarly, yet quite accessible in readability.
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All age readers can learn about Alcott here,
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This review is from: Louisa May Alcott and "Little Women": Biography, Critique, Publications, Poems, Songs, and Contemporary Relevance (Paperback)
The unusual approach taken by Delamar here, is to give a biography of Louisa May Alcott, but then follow it up with an entire section devoted to Alcott's most famous book, "Little Women" as it was viewed from 1868 on, and then take both scholars' and average readers' assessments of it's place today. I liked that. It gave dimension. I think it shows scholarly research, but is written in language the average reader can read.
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An uncluttered look into the life of a fascinating author and woman,
By Meredith Breed (Swampscott, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Louisa May Alcott and "Little Women": Biography, Critique, Publications, Poems, Songs, and Contemporary Relevance (Paperback)
I really enjoyed this book a lot. Gloria Delamar refreshingly presents just the facts without inserting herself in to the text. She lets Louisa's life speak for itself. Yet Delamar's interests in Louisa did surface, highlighting her work for women's rights with many new interesting facts, and featuring many of her poems as a way of Louisa expressing herself. As a result, I felt I had more insight into this fascinating woman.I have read 7 other biographies of Louisa May Alcott and thought I couldn't learn more. How wrong I was! This is a wonderful book.
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Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Orchard House, Miss Alcott, Roberts Brothers, Bronson Alcott, New York, United States, Glory Hallelujah, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frank Sanborn, Little Men, John Pratt, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, Hospital Sketches, Mary Mapes Dodge, John Brown, Theodore Parker, Eight Cousins, Lexington Road, Civil War, Beacon Hill, New England, Louisa Alcott Browse Sample Pages:
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- Little Women and the Feminist Imagination (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) by Janice M. Alberghene on 5 pages
- Women's America: Refocusing the Past by Linda K. Kerber on page 262
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