The Louisa May Alcott Encyclopedia
- ISBN-10
- 0313308969
- ISBN-13
- 9780313308963
- Category
- Literary Criticism / General
- Pages
- 418
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Authors
- Gregory Eiselein, Anne K. Phillips
Description
Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is arguably the most widely read 19th-century American author. She has long been a staple of children's literature courses, and her works now also receive significant attention in American studies and women's studies classes. This reference collects in a comprehensive and reliable single volume the most important facts about Alcott's life and works. It surveys the basic biographical details of her family and personal life; it supplies essential information on her historical and cultural contexts, including her place in the 19th-century publishing milieu, various reform movements, and major historical events, such as the Civil War; and it treats her writings, both the adult and children's works, in an accurate, informative, and accessible manner.
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