Transnational Relationships, US Feminism, and the Labor of Dark Foreign Men in the “New World” of Europe in Louisa May Alcott’s Diana and Persis
This paper examines romantic relationships between U.S. and non-U.S. citizens in Diana and Persis, Louisa May Alcott’s 1879 sentimental novella set in Europe and based on May Alcott’s life. The essay argues that Alcott uses sentimental, transnational relationships and the adulation of France and Ita...
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| Main Author: | Leslie Hammer |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association Française d'Etudes Américaines
2019-09-01
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| Series: | Transatlantica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/12417 |
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