The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reader Univ PR of Virg Edition Contributor(s): Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (Author), Lane, Ann J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813918766 ISBN-13: 9780813918761 Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 1999 Annotation: The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reader is an anthology of fiction by one of America's most important feminist writers. Probably best known as the author of "The Yellow Wallpaper, " in which a woman is driven mad by chauvinist psychiatry, Gilman wrote numerous other short stories and novels reflecting her radical socialist and feminist view of turn-of-the-century America. Collected here by noted Gilman scholar Ann J. Lane are eighteen stories and fragments, including a selection from Herland, Gilman's feminist Utopia. The resulting anthology provides a provocative blueprint to Gilman's intellectual and creative production. |
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BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 98-53475 |
Age Level: 22-UP |
Grade Level: 17-UP |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" L (0.74 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Chronological Period - 1920's - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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Publisher Description: THE CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN READER is an anthology of fiction by one of America's most important feminist writers. Probably best known as the author of "The Yellow Wallpaper," in which a woman is driven mad by chauvinist psychiatry, Gilman wrote numerous other short stories and novels reflecting her radical socialist and feminist view of turn-of-the-century America. Collected here by noted Gilman scholar Ann J. Lane are eighteen stories and fragments, including a selection from Herland, Gilman's feminist Utopia. The resulting anthology provides a provocative blueprint to Gilman's intellectual and creative production. |
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