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The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings

By Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Lynne Sharon Schwartz (Preface)

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| Paperback | 9780553213751

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Known primarily for her classic and haunting story "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an enormously influential American feminist and sociologist.  Her early-twentieth-century writings continue to inspire writers and activists today.  This collection includes selections from both hContinue

Known primarily for her classic and haunting story "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an enormously influential American feminist and sociologist.  Her early-twentieth-century writings continue to inspire writers and activists today.  This collection includes selections from both her fiction and nonfiction work.  In addition to the title story, there are seven short stories collected here that combine humor, anger, and startling vision to suggest how women's "place" in society should be changed to benefit all.  The nonfiction selections are from Gilman's The Man-Made World:  Our Androcentric Culture and her masterpiece, Women And Economics, which was translated into seven languages and established her international reputation as a theorist.  Also included in a delightful excerpt from Gilman's utopian novel, Herland, an acidly funny tale about three American male explorers who stumble into an all-female society and begin their odyssey by insisting, "This is a civilized country . . . there must be men."  Gilman's analyses of economic and women's issues are as incisive and relevant today as they were upon their original publication.  This volume is an unprecedented opportunity to rediscover a powerful American writer.

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  • 'The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    According to the blurb on the back of the book, the author was an "enormously influential American feminist and sociologist", so it's no surprise to find that all her writing -- fiction and non-fiction alike -- concerns itself with the state of women ... (read full critics)

    readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

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  • I have only read the story "The Yellow Wall paper" but wow I will be reading more Perkins soon. If you want a story to really get to you this is it.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 272 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 055321375X
  • ISBN-13: 9780553213751
  • Publisher: Bantam
  • Pub date: Nov 01, 1989
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