the yellow wall paper herland and selected writings

Knight has written an enlightening Introduction that explores Gilman's use of the utopian form, satire, and fantasy to provide a critique of women's place in society and to propose creative solutions. Also included in this Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics edition is a selection of Gilman's poetry and other short fiction. Herland, Gilman's most famous novel, is a feminist utopian comedy in which three men stumble upon a society of women that has banished men. The Yellow Wall-Paper, Herland, and Selected Writings Paperback by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Author) 211 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 0.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 24.74 1 Used from 34.93 11 New from 20.74 Paperback 13.08 6 New from 13.08 MP3 CD 27.52 1 New from 27. Based on the nervous breakdown she suffered during her own disastrous first marriage, The Yellow Wall-Paper is her classic story about a woman who goes mad when the rest-cure treatment she undergoes forbids her any kind of work.

It also includes 18 other stories, 18 poems, and the 140-page novella HERLAND, together with a very full (even too full) introduction and copious notes. The Yellow Wall-Paper, Herland, and Selected Writings A collection of the groundbreaking feminist writers most famous works, with a thought-provoking. In her works of fiction, Gilman sought to illustrate her ideas about the way American society squandered the talents and economic contributions of women. 'The Yellow Wallpaper' takes up only 15 of the 343 pages in this splendid volume. A new collection of fiction and poetry from a major voice in American feminism and literatureĬharlotte Perkins Gilman was a turn-of-the-century American feminist and socialist thinker.

The yellow wall paper herland and selected writings