{"product_id":"little-women-a-family-romance-9780820322803","title":"Little Women: A Family Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is no secret that Louisa May Alcott \"rewrote\" not only herself but also her mother, father, and sisters in \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e. Yet how well do we grasp the significance of her impulse? \u003ci\u003eLittle Women: A Family Romance\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on Alcott's personal and creative motivations in fashioning an idealized family in her novel and gives us new ways to view both the fictional Marches and the real-world Alcotts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on Freud's essay \"Family Romances\" and his related work on children's daydreams and fantasies, Elizabeth Lennox Keyser reads \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e in terms of the burgeoning hostility and longing, eroticism and ambition each March child experiences as she matures and begins to look beyond her parents for a new primary love. Keyser also reads \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of the torrid, sensational stories aimed at lower-class readers (which Alcott also wrote) that we commonly equate with the term \"romance,\" as well as the sophisticated psychological romantic ideals associated with the novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne (whom Alcott knew and read). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders have long regarded \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e as Jo March's story. The insights offered here nudge us toward viewing the novel as the story of the entire March family, a more satisfyingly inclusive view for, as Keyser writes, \"the relationships among the March sisters and their mother are more compelling than the development of any one character, not excluding Jo.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Lennox Keyser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.51w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820322803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Lennox Keyser is an associate professor of American and children's literature at Hollins University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40202803773555,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b9ee7ce3-1e29-47f0-98df-a9d8d0bcf39e.jpg?v=1656252720","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/little-women-a-family-romance-9780820322803","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}