Trabajo, amor y esperanza : el ancla contra la idea suicida de Louisa May Alcott
Resumen
Louisa May Alcott, mejor conocida como la autora de Little Women, diez
años antes de ser famosa y debido a la desesperante situación familiar, tuvo
una idea suicida a la que se sobrepuso gracias al ancla del trabajo, el amor y
la esperanza que la acompañaron con fuerza el resto de sus días. En dos de
sus obras (aunque no para niños) Love & Self-Love (1859) y Work: A Story
of Experience (1872), retoma la idea del suicidio, pero fundamentalmente
las razones para no llevarlo a cabo. En su diario de 1858, de manera somera,
se puede leer acerca de ese momento de su existencia y su determinación
para transformarlo.
Louisa May Alcott, known as the author of Little Women, had a suicidal
idea ten years before being that famous. It was due to the distressing familiar
situation she was living, but she was able to overcome from such
idea due to the “anchor” of work, love and hope that accompanied her for
the rest of her life. In two of her novels (although not for children): Love &
Self-Love (1859) and Work: A Story of Experience (1872), she looks back to
the suicidal idea, but above all to the reasons for not to commit it. In her
journal of 1858, it is possible to have a glimpse of that moment in her life
and her courage to transform it.
Palabras clave / Key words: Louisa May Alcott, ideas suicidas, religión, diario,
amor y amor propio / Louisa May Alcott, suicidal ideas, religion, journals,
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