“Love and Self-Love”: The Balance between Sympathy and Self-Respect in Louisa May Alcott’s Early Fiction

This paper explores one of the early short stories by Louisa May Alcott in order to offer an example of a problem that plagued women in 19th century America, wanting to thrive both in the domestic and in the public spheres. By focusing on “Love and Self-Love,” an early short story, the paper highlig...

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Main Author: Asun López-Varela Azcárate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/18672