Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott, Her Life, Letters, and Journals (Annotated)

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the timeThe purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. Louisa May Alcott (Germantown, Pennsylvania; November 29, 1832 - Boston, Massachusetts; March 6, 1888) was an American writer, recognized for her famous novel Little Women (1868). Committed to the abolitionist movement and suffrage, she wrote under the pseudonym of A. M. Barnard a collection of novels and stories dealing with taboo subjects for the time such as adultery and incest. Her parents were Abigail ("Abba") May and the transcendentalist educator, writer, and philosopher Amos Bronson Alcott, linked to abolitionism, women's suffrage, and educational reform. Louisa had three sisters, Anna, Lizzie, and Abba May. His brother Dapper died while still a child, growing up and living in New England. The four sisters were educated in their own home by their father, while receiving visits from illustrious neighbors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau,