| A Modern Mephistopheles and Taming a Tartar Contributor(s): Alcott, Louisa May (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275927806 ISBN-13: 9780275927806 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 87008026 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5" W x 8" (1.05 lbs) 437 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Louisa May Alcott has always been associated with literature for young adults and children. Here is in effect a new book by the universally popular Alcott, a book that reveals an altogether different image of one of America's best-loved authors. A Modern Mephistopheles began as a rejected sensational novel and was revised by Alcott for anonymous publication in 1877. Its subject, style, and language mark radical deviations from those expected of Alcott. Taming a Tartar is a newly discovered Alcott thriller. Originally published as a serialization in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Magazine, this astounding page-turner highlights Alcott's feminists leanings. This unique book marks the first general printing of an Alcott story and the first reprinting in some 75 years of a neglected Alcott novel. Both works are closely analyzed in the detailed introduction by Madeleine B. Stern. |