May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate Travel Writing and Transformation in the Late Nineteenth Century

May Alcott Nieriker, Author and Advocate examines in-depth the travel writings by the youngest sister of famed novelist Louisa May Alcott. Her critical commentary on social and cultural concerns of the nineteenth century, such as gender and class discrimination, still resonate today.

About the author

Julia K. Dabbs is a Distinguished University Teaching Professor of art history at the University of Minnesota, Morris. She has published widely on early modern women artists, as well as the nineteenth-century American artist, May Alcott Nieriker.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Dabbs
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.07.2023
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9781839989995
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-999-5
• Pages: 232
• Dimensions (packing): 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.6 cm
• Weight (packing): 454 g
• Series: Anthem Studies in Travel
• Subjects: ART / Women Artists, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Literature: history & criticism, Individual artists, art monographs, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Literature: history and criticism, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Louisa's early publishing