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Behind a mask of beauty: Alcott's beast in disguise.(Critical Essay)
From: ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly)
Date: 20040301
Author:Butterworth-McDermott, Christine
Since Leona Rostenberg's 1943 discovery of Louisa May Alcott's pseudonym, A. M. Barnard, and Madeline B. Stern's subsequent publication of Alcott's blood-and-thunder fiction under that name, several critics--Elizabeth Keyser, Judith Fetterley, and Sarah Elbert to name a few--have discussed the connections and divergences among Alcott's realistic children's fiction, her serious fiction for adults, and her suspenseful tales for popular magazines. Yet, generally in this re-assessment of her creative output, Alcott's use of fairy tales has not been connected to the sensation fiction ...
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