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9780853235910

A Very Different Story Studies on the Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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    9780853235910

  • ISBN10:

    0853235910

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-01-06
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Janet Beer is Professor and Head of English at Manchester Metropolitan University Bridget Bennett is a lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick Anne Cranny-Francis is Associate Professor in English and Cultural Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Chris Ferns teaches English at Mount Saint Vincent University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia Val Gough is lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool Amanda Graham is a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Hull Mary A. Hill is a Presidential Professor of History at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Ruth Levitas is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Bristol Jill Rudd is a lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool Alex Shishin is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Literature, Kobe Women's University, Japan Anne Tanski teaches English at the Allegheny Campus of the Community College of Allegheny County in Pittsburgh

Table of Contents

Abbreviations vi
Acknowledgements vi
Contributors vii
Introduction 1(7)
Val Gough
Jill Rudd
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Journey from Within
8(16)
Mary A. Hill
Rewriting Male Myths: Herland and the Utopian Tradition
24(14)
Chris Ferns
Pockets of Resistance: Some Notes Towards an Exploration of Gender and Genre Boundaries in Herland
38(16)
Bridget Bennett
Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Women's Health: `The Long Limitation'
54(14)
Janet Beer
The Sins of the Innocent: Breaking the Barriers of Role Conflict
68(13)
Anne E. Tanski
Utopian Fictions and Political Theories: Domestic Labour in the Work
81(19)
Edward Bellamy
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
William Morris
Ruth Levitas
Gender and Industry in Herland: Trees as a Means of Production and Metaphor
100(15)
Alex Shishin
Herland: Definitive Ecofeminist Fiction?
115(14)
Amanda Graham
`In the Twinkling of an Eye': Gilman's Utopian Imagination
129(15)
Val Gough
`Once There Was a Pig... Does not Interest': Gilman's Desire for Narrative Control
144(17)
Jill Rudd
Spinster of Dreams, Weaver of Realities
161(18)
Anne Cranny-Francis
Bibliography 179(8)
Index 187

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