Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Jo Marries Goethe, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Dr. Bhaer
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
History
Abstract
In February 2014, I received an ORCA grant to work on my Honors Thesis, “Jo Marries Goethe: Dr. Bhaer as the Goethean Ideal in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women.” I had found resonances between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the character of Dr. Bhaer in Little Women, and I wanted to explore whether these connections held any ground and if I could make a case for Dr. Bhaer as Louisa May Alcott’s representation of the Goethean ideal. I applied for an ORCA grant in order to travel to Harvard to conduct research in Houghton Library’s Special Collections, which has an excellent collection of Louisa May Alcott’s papers and letters.
Recommended Citation
Armknecht, Megan and Kerry, Paul
(2015)
"Jo Marries Goethe: Dr. Bhaer as the Goethean Ideal in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2015:
Iss.
1, Article 24.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2015/iss1/24