The Matrilineal Heritage of Louisa May Alcott and Christina Rossetti

Author:   Azelina Flint
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   228
Publication Date:   09 January 2023
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Author:   Azelina Flint
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   1.000kg
ISBN:  

9780367514419


ISBN 10:   0367514419
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   09 January 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Introduction Chapter 1 — ""I am even I"" Rossetti and Alcott Resisting Male Authority Part I — ""Left-handed Societies"" Women’s Life-Writing Chapter 2 — ""Renunciation Is the Law, Devotion to God’s Will the Gospel"": The Empowerment of Others in the Alcott Women’s Life-Writing Chapter 3 — ""For Every Human Creature May Claim to Strength"": The Rossetti Women’s Elevation of the Left Hand Part II — ""A Loving League of Sisters"": Alcott and Rossetti’s Promotion of Christian Values through the Ties of Sisterhood Chapter 4 — We Are All Relative Creatures: The Transformative Power of Sisterhood in Rossetti’s Maude Chapter 5 — ""Happy Women"": Alcott’s Sisterly Utopia Conclusion Coda — Nineteenth-Century Women’s Matrilineal Theologies of Renunciation 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 — ""Hymn For Ascension Day"" Transcription Appendix 7 — ""Extracts From Bradley’s Sermons"" Transcription Appendix 8 — ""A Morning Hymn"" Transcription Appendix 9 — ""The Maid of Sorrow"" Transcription"

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Azelina Flint is a Teaching Fellow of American Literature and Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia’s American Studies PhD program where she was awarded an AHRC ‘CHASE’ fellowship to support her research on Alcott and Rossetti. Azelina’s research on the Alcott family has been supported by the Fulbright Commission and she holds MA degrees in Victorian Studies and English Literature from Royal Holloway and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, respectively. Flint has published articles on Alcott and Rossetti in Comparative American Studies and the Journal of Pre-Raphaelite Studies, while further research in American and Victorian Studies has appeared in a range of peer-reviewed publications.

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