Gilman, Charlotte Perkins 1860-1935

The yellow wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Book )
139 editions published between 1892 and 2010 in 8 languages and held by 2,971 libraries worldwide
Since its publication in 1892, Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" has always been recognized as a powerful statement about the victimization of a woman whose neurasthenic condition is completely misdiagnosed, mistreated, and misunderstood, leaving her to face insanity alone, as a prisoner in her own bedroom. Never before, however, has the story itself been portrayed as victimized. In this first critical edition of Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper," accompanied by contemporary reviews and previously unpublished letters. Julie Bates Dock examines the various myth-frames that have been used to legitimize Gilman's story. The editor discusses how modern feminist critics' readings (and misreadings) of the available documents uphold a set of legends that originated with Gilman herself and that promulgate an almost saintly view of the pioneering feminist author. The documents made available in the collection enable scholars and students to evaluate firsthand Gilman's claims regarding the story's impact on its first audiences. Dock presents an authoritative text of "The Yellow Wall-paper" for the first time since its initial publication. Included are a textual commentary, full descriptions of all relevant texts, lists of editorial emendations and pre-copy-text substantive variants, a complete historical collation that documents all the variants found in important editions after 1892, and a listing of textual sources for more than one hundred reprintings of the story in anthologies and textbooks.

Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Book )
81 editions published between 1915 and 2011 in 9 languages and held by 2,460 libraries worldwide
One the eve of WWI, three American male explorers stumble onto an all-female society somewhere in the distant reaches of the earth. Unable to believe their eyes, they promptly set out to find some men, convinced that since this is a civilized country--there must be men. So begins this sparkling utopian novel, a romp through a whole world "masculine" and "feminine", as on target today as when it was written 65 years ago.

Women and economics a study of the economic relation between men and women as a factor in social evolution by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Book )
118 editions published between 1898 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 2,205 libraries worldwide

The living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman : an autobiography by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Book )
41 editions published between 1935 and 1991 in English and held by 1,136 libraries worldwide

The Charlotte Perkins Gilman reader : The yellow wallpaper, and other fiction by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Book )
17 editions published between 1980 and 1999 in English and held by 1,066 libraries worldwide

Unpunished : a mystery by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Book )
10 editions published between 1997 and 1998 in English and held by 977 libraries worldwide
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's first and only detective novel begins with a murder to confound any mystery fan: a local attorney, Wade Vaughn, is found dead in his study with a bullet in his temple, a knife in his back, a gaping wound in his skull, a cord around his neck, and a poisoned whiskey glass by his side. As the plot unfolds, it reveals motives for murder as numerous as the means: Vaughn is an evil man who has abused and blackmailed clients, servants, and family members, driven his wife to suicide, and devised a sinister plan for forcing marriage upon his young stepdaughter. The task of untangling this multitudinous mystery falls to a husband-and-wife detective team. The good-natured and resourceful Jim Hunt is sometimes outshone by his clever and intrepid wife Bess, a former journalist, who goes undercover as a servant in the dead man's home. When Bess and Jim finally discover the solution - through secret diaries, hidden surveillance, and last-minute confession - it surprises even them. Unpunished is a mystery with a message; Gilman weaves her case for women's freedom and empowerment into a story rich in twists and turns, colorful characters, red herrings, and wry humor.

The crux a novel by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Book )
16 editions published between 1911 and 2003 in English and held by 921 libraries worldwide

The home; its work and influence by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Book )
32 editions published between 1903 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 763 libraries worldwide
Gilman, one of the leading feminist theorists, argues for a reorganization of domestic work based on the guidelines of industrialism.

Just to be out of doors by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Book )
2 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 755 libraries worldwide

The Woman's Congress of 1899 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ( Book )
3 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 755 libraries worldwide