Private Theatricals and Feminist Abolitionism: "Jo's" and "Meg's" Sensation Plays
Louisa May Alcott started her career as an actress and a playwright. I explore some of the juvenile plays that she rehearsed in family barns with her siblings. Later collected by her elder sister, Anna, they reflect the racial turbulences and the radical reforming spirit which animated the pre-bellu...
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Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Iperstoria |
| Online Access: | https://iperstoria.it/article/view/273 |