The matrilineal heritage of Louisa May Alcott and Christina Rossetti
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The matrilineal heritage of Louisa May Alcott and Christina Rossetti
(Routledge studies in nineteenth-century literature)
Routledge, 2022 [i.e. 2021]
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Summary: "In an unprecedented comparison of two of the most important female authors of the nineteenth-century, Azelina Flint foregrounds the influence of the religious communities that shaped Louisa May Alcott's and Christina Rossetti's visions of female creativity. In the early stages of the authors' careers, their artistic developments were associated with their patrilineal connections to two artistic movements that shaped the course of American and British history: the Transcendentalists and Pre-Raphaelites. Flint uncovers the authors' rejections of the individualistic outlooks of these movements, demonstrating that Alcott and Rossetti affiliated themselves with their mothers and sisters' religious faith. Applying the methodological framework of women's mysticism, Flint reveals that Alcott's and Rossetti's religious beliefs were shaped by the devotional practices and life-writing texts of their matrilineal communities. Here, the authors' iconic portrayals of female artists are examined in light ..."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-210) and index
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- "I am even I" Rossetti and Alcott Resisting Male Authority
- Secion I: "Left-handed Societies" Women's Life Writing
- "Renunciation is the law, devotion to God's will the gospel" The empowerment of others in the Alcott women's life-writing
- "For every human creature may claim to strength" The Rossetti women's elevation of the left hand
- Section II: "A Loving League of Sisters" Alcott and Rossetti's promotion of Christian values through the ties of sisterhood
- We are all relative creatures The transformative power of sisterhood in Rossetti's Maude
- "Happy Women" Alcott's sisterly utopia
- Conclusion
- Coda: Nineteenth-century women's matrilineal theologies of renunciation
- List of Works Cited
- Appendix 1: "Rolf Walden Emmerboy" Transcription
- Appendix 2: "Two Scenes in a Family" Transcription
- Appendix 3: "Wealth" Transcription
- Appendix 4: "Our Madonna" Transcription
- Appendix 5: "Story of An Apple" Transcription
- Appendix 6: "Extracts From Bradley's Sermons" Transcription
- Appendix 7: "The Maid of Sorrow" Transcription
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