Rage and Rebellion in Louisa May Alcott’s “A Whisper in the Dark”
This article discusses the feminist implications of Louisa May Alcott’s 1863 Gothic story “A Whisper in the Dark,” which not only expresses the anxieties that the author experienced in response to her upbringing and her social reality, but also provides an extensive critique of patriarchal cultur...
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2018-10-01
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| description | This article discusses the feminist implications of Louisa May Alcott’s 1863 Gothic story
“A Whisper in the Dark,” which not only expresses the anxieties that the author experienced
in response to her upbringing and her social reality, but also provides an extensive
critique of patriarchal culture. The essay explores the subversive nature of the story by
presenting it as a dark double to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre as well as by showing how
the author mocks nineteenth-century sentimentality throughout. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78f0b2c8ffa34473a65287922e0507fb2022-12-22T01:47:11ZengInstitute of English StudiesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies0860-57340860-57342018-10-012726580Rage and Rebellion in Louisa May Alcott’s “A Whisper in the Dark”Karolina Korycka0University of WarsawThis article discusses the feminist implications of Louisa May Alcott’s 1863 Gothic story “A Whisper in the Dark,” which not only expresses the anxieties that the author experienced in response to her upbringing and her social reality, but also provides an extensive critique of patriarchal culture. The essay explores the subversive nature of the story by presenting it as a dark double to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre as well as by showing how the author mocks nineteenth-century sentimentality throughout.http://www.anglica.ia.uw.edu.pl/images/pdf/27-1-articles/Anglica-27-1-5-Korycka.pdf |
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