Title Twain, Alcott, and the birth of the adolescent reform novel / Roberta Seelinger Trites

Published Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 209 pages) Contents The fantasy of self-reliance: An introductory biography -- The metaphor of the adolescent reformer: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Little Women -- Historical interlude: Vita Religiosa and romantic evangelism -- Education and reform: Victorian progressivism in youth literature -- Gender and reform: New women and true womanhood -- Historical interlude: Authors, authority, and publication -- Adolescent reform novels: The legacy of Twain and Alcott Summary Trites argues that Twain and Alcott wrote on similar topics because they were so deeply affected by the Civil War, by cataclysmic emotional and financial losses in their families, by their cultural immersion in the tenets of Protestant philosophy, and by sexual tensions that may have stimulated their interest in writing for adolescents, Trites demonstrates how the authors participated in a cultural dynamic that marked the changing nature of adolescence in America, provoking a literary sentiment that continues to inform young adult literature. Both intuited that the transitory nature of adolesc Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Influence Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Criticism and interpretation Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 -- Influence SUBJECT Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 fast Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 fast Subject Young adult fiction, American -- History and criticism Adolescence in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Children's Literature. Adolescence in literature Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Young adult fiction, American Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781587297700 1587297701

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