Alcott’s Other Little Woman: Erotic Love and Victorian Childhood in “A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model”
The article argues that Cecil, the protagonist of Alcott’s “A Marble Woman,” is eroticized from the very start of the narrative, and that Alcott’s entire plotline—of an innocent damsel-child in distress rescued by an adult benefactor who subconsciously covets her and eventually marries her—is quinte...
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| description | The article argues that Cecil, the protagonist of Alcott’s “A Marble Woman,” is eroticized from the very start of the narrative, and that Alcott’s entire plotline—of an innocent damsel-child in distress rescued by an adult benefactor who subconsciously covets her and eventually marries her—is quintessentially erotic. Thus underlined by desire rather than love, the novella plays on the Victorian eroticization of childhood. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-112d8b71b9854503a3114ad6ee293ca52025-01-06T09:08:30ZengEuropean Association for American StudiesEuropean Journal of American Studies1991-93362022-10-0117310.4000/ejas.18779Alcott’s Other Little Woman: Erotic Love and Victorian Childhood in “A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model”Etti Gordon GinzburgThe article argues that Cecil, the protagonist of Alcott’s “A Marble Woman,” is eroticized from the very start of the narrative, and that Alcott’s entire plotline—of an innocent damsel-child in distress rescued by an adult benefactor who subconsciously covets her and eventually marries her—is quintessentially erotic. Thus underlined by desire rather than love, the novella plays on the Victorian eroticization of childhood.https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/18779Louisa May AlcottAlcott’s GothicVictorian Childhooderoticized childrenthe male gazestatue metaphors |
| spellingShingle | Etti Gordon Ginzburg Alcott’s Other Little Woman: Erotic Love and Victorian Childhood in “A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model” European Journal of American Studies Louisa May Alcott Alcott’s Gothic Victorian Childhood eroticized children the male gaze statue metaphors |
| title | Alcott’s Other Little Woman: Erotic Love and Victorian Childhood in “A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model” |
| title_full | Alcott’s Other Little Woman: Erotic Love and Victorian Childhood in “A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model” |
| title_fullStr | Alcott’s Other Little Woman: Erotic Love and Victorian Childhood in “A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alcott’s Other Little Woman: Erotic Love and Victorian Childhood in “A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model” |
| title_short | Alcott’s Other Little Woman: Erotic Love and Victorian Childhood in “A Marble Woman: or, The Mysterious Model” |
| title_sort | alcott s other little woman erotic love and victorian childhood in a marble woman or the mysterious model |
| topic | Louisa May Alcott Alcott’s Gothic Victorian Childhood eroticized children the male gaze statue metaphors |
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