Title Charlotte Perkins Gilman : her progress toward Utopia with selected writings / Carol Farley Kessler

Edition First edition Published New York : Syracuse University Press, 1995

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Description x, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Utopianism and communitarianism Utopianism and communitarianism. Contents 1. Utopian Writing as "Cultural Work" Why Read Utopias. What "Cultural Work" Is. How Utopia Is Now Defined. What This Study Discusses. How This Book Evolved -- 2. Making Herself: A Biographical Exploration. Early Years, 1860-1882. First Marriage, 1882-1891. Years of Seeking, 1891-1897. Years of Fruition, 1897-1917. Final Years, 1917-1935 -- 3. "This Prancing Young Utopia" Beautiful Blocks: The Initiating Foundations, 1904-1910. Moving the Mountain: Previews of Herland, 1911-1913. From Herland to Ourland, 1915-1921 -- 4. Writing to Empower Living. Childhood Fantasies, circa 1870. Letters to Kate, 1895-1897. Correspondence with Ho, 1897-1900. Published Persona, 1890-1935 -- 5. "Making Better People": Experiencing Gilman's Legacy Selections. 1. "Aunt Mary's Pie Plant," June 1908. 2. "A Garden of Babies," June 1909. 3. Chapter 7: "Heresy and Schism" from What Diantha Did, May 1910. 4. "Her Housekeeper," January 1910. 5. Chapter 9 from Moving the Mountain, September and October 1911 6. "Her Memories," August 1912. 7. "A Strange Land," August 1912. 8. "Maidstone Comfort," September 1912. 9. "Forsythe & Forsythe," January 1913. 10. "Mrs. Hines' Money," April 1913. 11. "Bee Wise," July 1913. 12. "A Council of War," August 1913. 13. Chapter 5: "A Unique History" from Herland, May 1915. 14. Chapter 11 from With Her in Ourland, November 1916 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-303) and index Notes Also issued online Subject Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935. Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Feminists -- United States -- Biography. Utopias in literature. Utopias -- History -- 19th century. Utopias -- Literary collections. Utopias -- United States. Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography. Genre/Form Utopian fiction. Biographies. Author Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935. LC no. 94018591 ISBN 0815603045 (paperback: alk. paper) 0815626444 (alk. paper)

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