The Parkman Dexter Howe Library: The Henry Adams, Amos Bronson Alcott, and Louisa May Alcott collections
Author | : Sidney Ives |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Sidney Ives |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : John Matteson |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2010-08-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0393077578 |
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography Louisa May Alcott is known universally. Yet during Louisa's youth, the famous Alcott was her father, Bronson—an eminent teacher and a friend of Emerson and Thoreau. He desired perfection, for the world and from his family. Louisa challenged him with her mercurial moods and yearnings for money and fame. The other prize she deeply coveted—her father's understanding—seemed hardest to win. This story of Bronson and Louisa's tense yet loving relationship adds dimensions to Louisa's life, her work, and the relationships of fathers and daughters.
Author | : Louisa May Alcott |
Publisher | : Dell |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 1996-12-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0440223016 |
"I'd gladly sell my soul to Satan for a year of freedom," cries impetuous Rosamond Vivian to her callous grandfather. Then, one stormy night, a brooding stranger appears in her remote island home, ready to take Rosamond to her word. Spellbound by the mysterious Philip Tempest, Rosamond is seduced with promises of love and freedom, then spirited away on Tempest's sumptuous yacht. But she soon finds herself trapped in a web of intrigue, cruelty, and deceit. Desperate to escape, she flees to Italy, France, and Germany, from Parisian garret to mental asylum, from convent to chateau, as Tempest stalks every step of the fiery beauty who has become his obsession. A story of dark love and passionate obsession that was considered "too sensational" to be published in the authors lifetime, A Long Fatal Love Chase was written for magazine serialization in 1866, two years before the publication of Little Women. Buried among Louisa May Alcott's papers for more than a century, its publication is a literary landmark—a novel that is bold, timeless, and mesmerizing."
Author | : Eve LaPlante |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2013-11-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1451620675 |
Originally published: New York: Free Press, 2012.
Author | : Deborah Noyes |
Publisher | : Schwartz & Wade |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2020-10-06 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 052564623X |
How did Little Women-- the beloved literary classic and inspiration for Greta Gerwig's acclaimed feature film adaptation--come to be? This stunning biography explores the unique family and unusual circumstances of literary icon Louisa May Alcott. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. How did these cherished characters come to be? Louisa May Alcott, the author of one of the most famous "girl" books of all time, was anything but a well-mannered young lady. A tomboy as well as a ravenous reader, Louisa took comfort in fictional characters that were as passionate and willful as she was--and whose wild imaginations were a match for her own. She was often found roaming the woods near her home in Concord, Massachusetts, or exploring the natural world in the company of the great Transcendentalist thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Here is a beautiful portrait of Louisa May Alcott, a woman influenced by her father, a penniless philosopher, her mother, with whom she shared a great connection, and, of course, her three sisters. Featuring unique indigo illustrations, Deborah Noyes unveils how Louisa's natural spirit, loving family, and unconventional circumstances inspired the timeless masterpiece that is Little Women.
Author | : John Russell Hussey |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 553 |
Release | : 2024-06-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385494338 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Author | : Richard W. Oram |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2014-05-21 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1442234989 |
Academic collection practices in recent years have extended to the private libraries of notable individual authors. As a consequence, book historians have become more interested in the study of provenance of the contents of these libraries, while literary scholars have devoted more attention to authorial annotations. At the same time, the Internet has encouraged both scholarly and hobbyist reconstructions of private libraries (see, for example, the “Legacy Libraries” on Librarything.com). Although there are many bibliographies and reconstructions of the libraries of authors, this is the first general consideration of these libraries and serves as an introduction to best practices for academic libraries in their acquisition, cataloging and issues of access. This collection begins with principal editor Richard Oram’s historical overview of writers’ libraries and institutional collecting, focusing primarily on English-language authors. The co-editor, Joseph Nicholson, has provided a definitive review of best cataloging and arrangement practices that facilitate scholarly access. The bookseller Kevin Mac Donnell discusses the marketing of these collections and obstacles to placing intact author libraries in institutions. Also included are case studies by Amanda Golden and David Faulds relating to the personal libraries of the poets Anne Sexton and Ted Hughes, indicating how these collections have the potential to enhance archival research. Fiction writers Iain Sinclair, Russell Banks, Jim Crace, poet Ted Kooser, and biographer Ron Powers describe their (sometimes passionate) relationship with books and their own personal libraries. The concluding chapter, a location guide to over 500 individual libraries, will be invaluable to scholars and librarians who want to know where writers’ libraries are currently located, what happened to them (if they are known to have been sold or dispersed), and what has been written about them.