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  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman's Place in America

    Series series Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
    A compelling critical investigation into Gilman’s conception of setting and placeCharlotte 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. Turning Victorian notions of propriety and a woman’s place on its ear, this finely crafted essay ... Read more

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  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Her Contemporaries

    Literary and Intellectual Contexts

    Series series Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
    Considers Gilman’s place in American literary and social history by examining her relationships to other prominent intellectuals of her eraBy placing Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the company of her contemporaries, this collection seeks to correct misunderstandings of the feminist writer and lecturer as an isolated radical. Gilman believed and preached that no life is ever led in isolation; indeed, ... Read more

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