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Dec 21, 2023

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Louisa May Alcott´s Favorite Novel

Wilhelm Meister´s Apprenticeship is one of Goethe´s most well-known novels. Louisa received her own copy of the novel from her friend…

Dec 9, 2020

Louisa May Alcott´s Favorite Novel

Dec 9, 2020

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Louisa May Alcott and Charles Follen

Transnationalism in Little Women

Dec 10, 2020

Louisa May Alcott and Charles Follen

Dec 10, 2020

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Jo´s sexual awakening (Little Women explained)

Jo spends quite a long time in New York, about 8 months. When she sees Friedrich for the first time she is immediately attracted to him…

Feb 3, 2021

Jo´s sexual awakening (Little Women explained)

Feb 3, 2021

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Laurie and the Friedrich archetypes in LMA´s novels

Here is a quote from Little Women fan Chelley, and Chelley knows Louisa May Alcott´s stories like their own pockets.

Feb 9, 2021

Laurie and the Friedrich archetypes in LMA´s novels

Feb 9, 2021

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Louisa May Alcott and The Transnational Family

Louisa May Alcott was a transcendentalist. Transcendentalism was a philosophical and Christian movement. Transcendentalism was based on…

Feb 11, 2021

Louisa May Alcott and The Transnational Family

Feb 11, 2021

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Symposium (Louisa May Alcott´s love for philosophers)

Before Jo goes to New York she has been quite frustrated from the way Laurie is not interested in his studies. Jo can not attend…

Feb 13, 2021

Symposium (Louisa May Alcott´s love for philosophers)

Feb 13, 2021

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Little Women: Love for philosophy (and philosophers)

There has been lots of unnecessary stereotyping made towards Friedrich´s character. I will point out some of them, partly because they are…

Mar 9, 2021

Little Women: Love for philosophy (and philosophers)

Mar 9, 2021

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Little Women: Pressure and mental health problems caused by Weekly Volcano

When I was doing this research I actually came appalled when I realized that the scene in Little Women where Jo is having a mental…

Mar 12, 2021

Little Women: Pressure and mental health problems caused by Weekly Volcano

Mar 12, 2021

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Little Women: Love beautifies a person

Greta Gerwig complained about Friedrich´s looks and this is the one thing that most people miss in Little Women. Katherine Hepburn and…

Mar 18, 2021

Little Women: Love beautifies a person

Mar 18, 2021

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Real Life Laurie

Louisa met Ladislas ”Laddie” Wisniewski in Switzerland when she was working as a companion for an invalid woman called Anna Weld. Laddie…

Mar 19, 2021

Real Life Laurie

Mar 19, 2021

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Little Women: Symposium/Mutual Interests

Before Jo goes to New York she has been quite frustrated from the way Laurie is not interested in his studies. Jo can not attend…

Mar 21, 2021

Little Women: Symposium/Mutual Interests

Mar 21, 2021

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Jo´s journey as a writer (never in the films)

Little Women is a Bildungsroman. Bildungsroman is a literal genre that originates from Germany. English translation could be a”coming of…

Mar 23, 2021

Jo´s journey as a writer (never in the films)

Mar 23, 2021

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Little Women: The Idealization of Masculinity

There is something that I would like to talk about. It is the heart core of studying Little Women, from the perspective of gender. That is…

Mar 24, 2021

Little Women: The Idealization of Masculinity

Mar 24, 2021

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Jo´s sexual awakening

Jo spends quite a long time in New York, about 8 months. When she sees Friedrich for the first time she is immediately attracted to him…

Mar 25, 2021

Jo´s sexual awakening

Mar 25, 2021

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Little Women: Umbrella Identification of Selves

Shared looks were a big part of courting. When Jo comes to the realization that Friedrich has truly come to court her, Jo flushes. She…

Mar 27, 2021

Little Women: Umbrella Identification of Selves

Mar 27, 2021

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Little Women: Mutual Recognition of one-another

When they go shopping Jo is very clumsy and Friedrich starts to see how Jo indeed goes by contradictions. In the store, she hides her…

Mar 30, 2021

Little Women: Mutual Recognition of one-another

Mar 30, 2021

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Laurie and the Friedrich archetypes in LMA´s novels

I am going to read you a quote from my friend Chelley and Chelley knows Louisa May Alcott´s books like their own pockets. “ “In my opinion…

Apr 7, 2021

Laurie and the Friedrich archetypes in LMA´s novels

Apr 7, 2021

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