Domestic Wounds: Nursing in Louisa May Alcott’s War tales

Louisa May Alcott’s literary career started with a humorous account of her nursing experience in the Union Army. The Civil War remained a major theme even in the tales that she wrote during the Reconstruction Era. They celebrate the professional achievements of sturdy “deaconesses” like Dorothea Dix...

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Main Author: Daniela Daniele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2015-03-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10747
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