 | Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer Subjects: Gilman Charlotte Perkins 1860–1935 -- Political and social views; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social problems in literature; Optimism in literatur; "These essays exemplify all the virtues of interdisciplinarity in consideration of that most multidisciplined of writers, Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The contributors simultaneously clarify and complicate our understanding of some of the more vexed areas of Gilman's work by engaging saliently with her theories of ethnicity, class, prostitution, and the dynamics of gender; posing difficult questions to contemporary feminist scholars; and providing sensitive and insightful guidance to a well-chosen and wide range of texts."--Janet Beer, author of Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton and Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Studies in Short Fiction Jill Rudd is a lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool. With Val Gough, she organized the first international conference on Gilman, held in July 1995 in Liverpool. Val Gough is a lecturer in English at the University of Liverpool. With Jill Rudd, she organized the first international conference on Gilman, held in July 1995 in Liverpool. |
