JOURNAL ARTICLE

Duty and Ambition in Louisa May Alcott Poems, Old and New.

  • Published In: American Periodicals, 2024, v. 34, n. 2. P. 171 1 of 3

  • Database: Communication & Mass Media Complete 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Chapnick, Max L. 3 of 3

Abstract

This essay introduces four poems under the pseudonym Flora or F. Fairfield that were most likely written by Louisa May Alcott. Although recent scholarship attends to nineteenth-century women poets, scholars have not considered Alcott's poetry at length or in detail. After engaging with Alcott' s poetry writ large, this essay closely examines the four poems uncovered here and argues that, as a more unprofitable and personal form, poetry helps reveal a central tension in Alcott's work and biography: between her aesthetic aspirations and her dutiful pursuit of supporting her family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:American Periodicals. 2024/07, Vol. 34, Issue 2, p171
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1054-7479
  • DOI:10.1353/amp.00004
  • Accession Number:181010950
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