The matrilineal heritage of Louisa May Alcott and Christina Rossetti

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Title
"The matrilineal heritage of Louisa May Alcott and Christina Rossetti"
Statement of Responsibility
Azelina Flint
Publisher
  • Routledge
Publication Year
  • 2022 [i.e. 2021]
Book size
24 cm
Series Name / No
  • : hbk

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Summary: "In an unprecedented comparison of two of the most important female authors of the nineteenth-century, Azelina Flint foregrounds the influence of the religious communities that shaped Louisa May Alcott's and Christina Rossetti's visions of female creativity. In the early stages of the authors' careers, their artistic developments were associated with their patrilineal connections to two artistic movements that shaped the course of American and British history: the Transcendentalists and Pre-Raphaelites. Flint uncovers the authors' rejections of the individualistic outlooks of these movements, demonstrating that Alcott and Rossetti affiliated themselves with their mothers and sisters' religious faith. Applying the methodological framework of women's mysticism, Flint reveals that Alcott's and Rossetti's religious beliefs were shaped by the devotional practices and life-writing texts of their matrilineal communities. Here, the authors' iconic portrayals of female artists are examined in light ..."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-210) and index

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