A Very Different Story
Studies on the Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Published on 1. November 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-85323-601-6 (ISBN)
Description
Almost all Gilman's work asserts optimistically the possibility for utopian change, yet ironically she is probably most widely celebrated for her darkly tragic story The Yellow Wallpaper. The focus of this essay collection is Gilman's utopianism. Her best-known and critically addressed novel is Herland, and several contributors revisit it in order to deepen our understanding of the complexity of Gilman's utopian vision. The lesser-known Moving the Mountain - deserving of more attention than it has received - is the subject of a full essay, and other essays explore utopian ideas in Gilman's short stories.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-85323-601-6 (9780853236016)
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Persons
Val Gough is lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool. Jill Rudd is lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool.
Content
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction - Val Gough and Jill Rudd
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Journey from Within - Mary A. Hill
Rewriting Male Myths: Herland and the Utopian Tradition - Chris Ferns
Pockets of Resistance: Some Notes Towards an Exploration of Gender and Genre Boundaries in Herland - Bridget Bennett
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Women's Health: 'The Long Limitation' - Janet Beer
The Sins of the Innocent: Breaking the Barriers of Role Conflict - Anne E. Tanski
Utopian Fictions and Political Theories: Domestic Labour in the Work of Edward Bellamy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Willaim Morris - Ruth Levitas
Gender and Industry in Herland: Tress as a Means of Production and Metaphor - Alex Shishin
Herland: Definitive Ecofeminist Fiction? - Amanda Graham
'In the Twinkling of an Eye: Gilman's Utopian Imagination - Val Gough
'Once There Was a Pig... Does not Interest': Gilman's Desire for Narrative Control - Jill Rudd
Spinster of Dreams, Weaver of Realities - Anne Cranny-Francis
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction - Val Gough and Jill Rudd
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Journey from Within - Mary A. Hill
Rewriting Male Myths: Herland and the Utopian Tradition - Chris Ferns
Pockets of Resistance: Some Notes Towards an Exploration of Gender and Genre Boundaries in Herland - Bridget Bennett
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Women's Health: 'The Long Limitation' - Janet Beer
The Sins of the Innocent: Breaking the Barriers of Role Conflict - Anne E. Tanski
Utopian Fictions and Political Theories: Domestic Labour in the Work of Edward Bellamy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Willaim Morris - Ruth Levitas
Gender and Industry in Herland: Tress as a Means of Production and Metaphor - Alex Shishin
Herland: Definitive Ecofeminist Fiction? - Amanda Graham
'In the Twinkling of an Eye: Gilman's Utopian Imagination - Val Gough
'Once There Was a Pig... Does not Interest': Gilman's Desire for Narrative Control - Jill Rudd
Spinster of Dreams, Weaver of Realities - Anne Cranny-Francis
Bibliography
Index