TY - BOOK ID - 77907556 TI - Twain, Alcott, and the birth of the adolescent reform novel PY - 2007 SN - 1587297701 9781587297700 9781587296222 1587296225 PB - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, DB - UniCat KW - Adolescence in literature. KW - Young adult fiction, American KW - History and criticism. KW - Alcott, Louisa May, KW - Twain, Mark, KW - Alcott, Louisa May KW - Alcott, Louisa M. KW - Alcott, L. M. KW - Alkūt, Luwīzā KW - Aunt Jo's scrap-bag, Author of KW - Aunt Kipp, Author of KW - Author of An old-fashioned girl KW - Author of Aunt Jo's scrap-bag KW - Author of Aunt Kipp KW - Author of Eight cousins KW - Author of Hospital sketches KW - Author of Kitty's class-day KW - Author of Little men KW - Author of Little women KW - Author of Moods KW - Author of Psyche's art KW - Author of Work KW - Barnard, A. M. KW - Eight cousins, Author of KW - Hospital sketches, Author of KW - Kitty's class-day, Author of KW - Little men, Author of KW - Little women, Author of KW - Moods, Author of KW - Old-fashioned girl, Author of KW - Olʹkot, Luiza KW - Psyche's art, Author of KW - Work, Author o, KW - Олкотт, Луиза Мэй KW - אלקוט, לואיזה מיי, KW - ألكوت، لويزا مي KW - ルイザメイオルコット, KW - アルコツトルイザメイ, KW - オルコツトルイザメイ, KW - Twain, Mark KW - Tvėn, Mark KW - Tuėĭn, Mark KW - Tuwayn, Mārk KW - Twayn, Mārk KW - Tʻu-wen, Ma-kʻo KW - Tven, M. KW - Touen, Makū KW - Twain, Marek KW - Make Tuwen KW - Tuwen, Make KW - Make Teviin KW - Твен, Марк KW - Touain, Mark KW - טבןַ, מרק, KW - טוויין, מארק, KW - טוויין, מרק, KW - טווין, מארק, KW - טווין, מרק, KW - טווען, מארק, KW - טוין, מרק, KW - טװען, מארק, KW - טװײן, מארק, KW - 馬克吐温, KW - Tuvāyn, Mārk KW - Tvāyn, Mārk KW - تواين، مارک KW - Clemens, Samuel Langhorne KW - Snodgrass, Quintus Curtius KW - Conte, Louis de KW - Influence. KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - adolescenten KW - jeugdliteratuur KW - Adolescence in literature KW - History and criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77907556 AB - Trites argues that Twain and Alcott wrote on similar topics because they were so deeply affected by the Civil War, by cataclysmic emotional and financial losses in their families, by their cultural immersion in the tenets of Protestant philosophy, and by sexual tensions that may have stimulated their interest in writing for adolescents, Trites demonstrates how the authors participated in a cultural dynamic that marked the changing nature of adolescence in America, provoking a literary sentiment that continues to inform young adult literature. Both intuited that the transitory nature of adolesc ER -