Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman's Place in America / [edited by] Jill Bergman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bergman, Jill, 1963- editor.

Series:

Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism Series

Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935--Criticism and interpretation.

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins.

Feminism and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Feminism and literature.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Feminism and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Women and literature--United States--History--19th century.

Place (Philosophy) in literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University Alabama Press, 2017.

Summary:

A compelling critical investigation into Gilman's conception of setting and place Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman's Place in America is a pioneering collection that probes how depictions of space, confinement, and liberation establish both the difficulty and necessity of female empowerment.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Woman's Place Is Not in the Home - Jill Bergman

I. Geography and Biography: Places in and of Gilman's Life

1. Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the US West - Jennifer S. Tuttle and Gary Scharnhorst

2. Artistic Renderings of Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Denise D. Knight

3. "The Yellow Wall-Paper" as Modernist Space - William C. Snyder

II. Know Your Place: Limits on Women's Freedom and Power

4. "Perhaps This Was the Opening of the Gate": Gilman, the West, and the Free Will Problem - Brady Harrison

5. Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Giant Wistaria": A Hieroglyph of the Female Frontier Gothic - Gary Scharnhorst

III. Reclaiming and Redefining a "Woman's Place

6. "A Crazy Quilt of a Paper": Theorizing the Place of the Periodical in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Forerunner Fiction - Sari Edelstein

7. The Power of the Postal Service in Gilman's "Turned": Exposing Adultery and Empowering Women to Find a Meaningful Place - Catherine J. Golden

8. Eavesdropping with Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Fiction, Transcription, and the Ethics of Interior Design - Peter Betjemann

9. Recovering the Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

or, Reading Gilman in Rome - Jennifer S. Tuttle

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8173-9070-7

OCLC:

968150976