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I read this as a child, and some of the social mores seemed quite stiff and far away. (And I completely missed the saturation by Pilgrim's Progress.) Now I wonder how alien to the modern child must appear a culture where children are present with those in the same room, where they learn to self-entertain, and to enjoy the simple gifts of life. For all this it is so much more valuable a read than it was 25 yrs ago.
— Apr 01, 2023 11:28AM
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Mel Foster
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I have to wonder about Alcott on this dissonance. In ch 34 A Friend, Bhaer provokes guilt in Jo, memories of Father's instruction, and a resolve to avoid the baser sort of romance writing& its moral degradation. But in ch 35, Jo rebuffs Laurie's proposal with this romance-novel stuff about "oh we've been best friends and all but I could never love you like that" and as far as I know this assertion is left standing.
— May 02, 2023 07:45PM
Mel Foster
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It just occurred to me to contrast the portrayal of the Civil War in LW with that in The Red Badge of Courage that we will read later.
Two larger ideas worth diving deep on this one--the heavy allusion and reference to Pilgrim's Progress (as a child I missed a lot of this since I hadn't read Pilgrim's Progress), and contrasting play and childhood as portrayed in the novel with today's play.
— Apr 12, 2023 09:25AM
Two larger ideas worth diving deep on this one--the heavy allusion and reference to Pilgrim's Progress (as a child I missed a lot of this since I hadn't read Pilgrim's Progress), and contrasting play and childhood as portrayed in the novel with today's play.
