This book examines the cultural work and meaning-making of Louisa May Alcott's representations of health and illness. It investigates not only the ways in which her stories critically explore issues of well-being and affliction in nineteenth-century America but also the reparative strategies that her narratives make available.
This book examines the cultural work and meaning-making of Louisa May Alcott's representations of health and illness. It investigates not only the ways in which her stories critically explore issues of well-being and affliction in nineteenth-century America but also the reparative strategies that her narratives make available.
Michaela Keck is senior lecturer in the English and American studies department at Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, Germany.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Contextualizing and Reading Health, Illness, and Repair Chapter Two: Little Patient Beth Chapter Three: Illness and the Everyday in Little Men and Jo's Boys Chapter Four: Girls' Education for Health in Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom Chapter Five: Trauma, Illness, and Repair in Hospital Sketches Chapter Six: The Nurse's Battle in Alcott's Short(er) Fiction Conclusion Bibliography About the Author
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Contextualizing and Reading Health, Illness, and Repair Chapter Two: Little Patient Beth Chapter Three: Illness and the Everyday in Little Men and Jo's Boys Chapter Four: Girls' Education for Health in Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom Chapter Five: Trauma, Illness, and Repair in Hospital Sketches Chapter Six: The Nurse's Battle in Alcott's Short(er) Fiction Conclusion Bibliography About the Author
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