“Off Duty”

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“Off Duty” is a section of Louisa May Alcott’s Civil War memoir *Hospital Sketches* that recounts her experiences and reflections away from her formal nursing duties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter ⓘ
literary work section ⓘ
author Louisa May Alcott ⓘ
collectionPublication "Hospital Sketches" ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
focus experiences away from formal nursing duties ⓘ
genre autobiographical writing ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
war literature ⓘ
hasAuthorGender female ⓘ
historicalContext Union nursing service during the American Civil War ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm essayistic narrative ⓘ
sketch ⓘ
literaryMovement realism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature ⓘ
mainTheme emotional and physical exhaustion ⓘ
limits of self-sacrifice ⓘ
personal reflection ⓘ
relief from nursing duties ⓘ
search for rest and normalcy ⓘ
women’s work in wartime ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Louisa May Alcott ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
partOf "Hospital Sketches" ⓘ
portrays conditions of wartime hospitals from a nurse’s perspective ⓘ
reflects Louisa May Alcott’s own Civil War nursing experience ⓘ
relatedWork "A Day" ⓘ
linked to: “A Day”

"A Night" ⓘ
linked to: A Night

"Hospital Sketches" ⓘ
settingContext Union military hospital ⓘ
settingPeriod American Civil War ⓘ
subjectMatter personal coping strategies ⓘ
psychological impact of war service ⓘ
rest periods of a Civil War nurse ⓘ
tone introspective ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
workDescribed nursing in Civil War hospitals ⓘ

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Hospital Sketches → hasPart → “Off Duty” ⓘ