ORCID
Alcott's Little Men and Moral Education in Meaningful Spaces
Department/School of the Primary Author
Science and Mathematics
Keywords
Louisa May Alcott, Little Men, critical essay, education, spatial studies, transcendentalism, 20th century American literature
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15385/jch.2025.9.1.2
Abstract
This critical analysis of Alcott's novel Little Men examines how a meaningful education that takes place in inhabited spaces can allow individuals to pursue truth and thereby open up new possibilities for their lives. These ideas, which are readily evident in the text, are elucidated through information about Alcott's own upbringing and transcendentalist influences. Previous critical perspectives have not emphasized the insights that spatial studies and discourses of transcendentalism have to offer, leaving a gap this article seeks to fill. In addition, this article presents Little Men's relevance to modern day readers in light of the ideas it communicates.
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Copyright
© Mina Truesdale. All rights reserved.
Recommended Citation
Truesdale, Mina C.
(2025)
"Alcott's Little Men and Moral Education in Meaningful Spaces,"
Channels: Where Disciplines Meet: Vol. 9:
No.
1, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15385/jch.2025.9.1.2
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/channels/vol9/iss1/2