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Why Jo Didn't Marry Laurie: Louisa May Alcott and The Heir of Redclyffe(1).(Critical Essay)
From: ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly)
Date: 20010301
Author:Sands-O'Connor, Karen
I enjoy romancing to suit myself ... I hope it is good drill for fancy and language, for I can do it fast, and Mr. [Frank] L[eslie] says my tales are so `dramatic, vivid, and full of plot,' they are just what he wants.
(Louisa May Alcott, Journals 109).
Louisa May Alcott is now well-known for "romancing" in the blood-and-thunder thrillers that she wrote before the monetary success of Little Women (1868) made such work unnecessary. Her ability to plot and vividly dramatize so quickly was certainly aided by her voracious reading throughout her life; Madeleine Stem suggests ...
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