Twain, Alcott, and the Birth of the Adolescent Reform Novel

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Author(s): Roberta Seelinger Trites
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Year: 2007

Language: English

Contents
Introduction
Abbreviations
The Fantasy of Self-Reliance: An Introductory Biography
The Metaphor of the Adolescent Reformer: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Little Women
Historical Interlude: Vita Religiosa and Romantic Evangelism
Education and Reform: Victorian Progressivismin Youth Literature
Gender and Reform: New Women and True Womanhood
Historical Interlude: Authors, Authority, and Publication
Adolescent Reform Novels: The Legacy of Twain and Alcott
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index