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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Titre(s) : March sisters [Texte imprimé] : on life, death, and "Little women" / Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, Jane Smiley
Publication : New York : Library of America, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xiv, 182 p.) : ill. ; 19 cm
Note(s) : Special publication--Title page. - Includes bibliographical references
On its 150th anniversary, four acclaimed authors offer personal reflections on their
lifelong engagement with Louisa May Alcott's classic novel of girlhood and growing
up. For the 150th anniversary of the publication of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women,
Kate Bolick, Jenny Zhang, Carmen Maria Machado, and Jane Smiley explore their strong
lifelong personal engagement with Alcott's novel--what it has meant to them and why
it still matters. Each takes as her subject one of the four March sisters, reflecting
on their stories and what they have to teach us about life. Kate Bolick finds parallels
in oldest sister Meg's brush with glamour at the Moffats' ball and her own complicated
relationship with clothes. Jenny Zhang confesses to liking Jo least among the sisters
when she first read the novel as a girl, uncomfortable in finding so much of herself
in a character she feared was too unfeminine. Carmen Maria Machado writes about the
real-life tragedy of Lizzie Alcott, the inspiration for third sister Beth, and the
horror story that can result from not being the author of your own life's narrative.
And Jane Smiley rehabilitates the reputation of youngest sister Amy, whom she sees
as a modern feminist role model for those of us who are, well, not like the fiery
Jo. These four voices come together to form a deep, funny, far-ranging meditation
on the power of great literature to shape our lives
Sujet(s) : Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) -- Influence
Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888) -- Personnages
Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888). Little women
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781598536287. - ISBN 1598536281 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb458010792
Notice n° :
FRBNF45801079
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Meg's frock shock / Kate Bolick on Meg ; Does genius burn, Jo? / Jenny Zhang on
Jo ; A dear and nothing else / Carmen Maria Machado on Beth ; I am your "prudent
Amy" / Jane Smiley on Amy.
