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- Title
Alcott's Other Little Woman: Erotic Love and Victorian Childhood in "A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model".
- Authors
Ginzburg, Etti Gordon
- Abstract
The article argues that Cecil, the protagonist of Alcott's "A Marble Woman," is eroticized from the very start of the narrative, and that Alcott's entire plotline--of an innocent damsel-child in distress rescued by an adult benefactor who subconsciously covets her and eventually marries her--is quintessentially erotic. Thus underlined by desire rather than love, the novella plays on the Victorian eroticization of childhood.
- Subjects
ALCOTT, Louisa May, 1832-1888; EROTICISM in literature; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; METAPHOR; GOTHIC language literature
- Publication
European Journal of American Studies, 2022, Vol 17, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
1991-9336
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4000/ejas.18779