Join Us! Virtual Alcott Sessions/ALA Panels on May 24

On Monday, May 24, 2021, the Louisa May Alcott Society will be hosting a pair of scholarly panels via Zoom:

Alcott and Adaptation

Mon, May 24, 2:00-3:20 pm (Eastern)

https://tinyurl.com/AlcottALA1  

 

Teaching Alcott: Alcott in Proximity to Other American Realists, Regionalists, Romantics 

Mon, May 24, 3:40-5:00 pm (Eastern)

https://tinyurl.com/AlcottALA2  

 

These two sessions will be recorded and included in the digital portion of the 2021 American Literature Association Conference, scheduled for July 7-11. 

 

At these sessions, you’ll have a chance to hear short presentations from a range of Alcott scholars and then to ask questions about and join the conversations about these presentations. It will be a unique opportunity to learn more about Alcott from some impressive scholars, just as I know our presenters would value your questions, feedback, and responses to their work.

 

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The Program

 

Alcott and Adaptation

 

Chair: Mark Gallagher, University of California, Los Angeles

 

1. “‘Honest Sentiment’: Little Women on Screen and the Problem of the Sentimental,” Amanda Adams, Muskingum University

 

2. “Redeeming Amy, Finding Abigail May: Little Women (2019) and the Youngest Sister,” Aryssa Damron, DC Public Library

 

3. “‘Rowdy and Nothing More’: Writing as Trouble in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women and Louisa May Alcott’s Semi-Autobiographical Sketches,” Jaclyn Carver, University of Iowa

 

4. “From Delight to Drama: Adapting Louisa May Alcott’s ‘An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving,’” Heidi A. Lawrence, University of Glasgow

 

Teaching Alcott: Alcott in Proximity to Other American Realists, Regionalists, Romantics

 

Moderator: Gregory Eiselein, Kansas State University

 

1. “Women in the Nineteenth Century: Revising Moods and Revisiting Margaret Fuller,” John J. Kucich, Bridgewater State University

2. “Teaching Alcott and Stowe: The Literary Activism of Regional Writing,” Elif Armbruster, Suffolk University

3. “The Possibilities of War and Death: Liminal Space in Alcott and Dickinson,” Gaynor Blandford, Berklee College of Music

 

4. “Alcott’s Proximate Circus: Class, Gender, and Race Under the Lilacs,” David Carlyon, Independent Scholar

5. “Sentimental Realism: Little Women, The Red Badge of Courage, and Postbellum Contexts,” Kristen Proehl, SUNY-The College at Brockport

 

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A few more details. The event begins at 2:00 pm sharp Eastern time, which means
1:00 pm Central, Noon Mountain, and 11:00 a.m. Pacific. There is no charge, and there is no need to RSVP. 

 

One more thing. At the end of the second session, at 5:00 Eastern, we will turn off the videorecording and enjoy a virtual social to celebrate our presenters, to talk, and to reconnect. 

 

We are hoping you can join us, and we looking forward to seeing you then!