Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)

Literary criticism and analysis for Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Introduction, biography, and scholarly literary criticism for Charlotte Perkins Gilman. A not-for-profit guide to reliable online information on Gilman, includes free and subscription-service reference materials, written by authorities on Gilman, published in academic textbooks, peer-reviewed scholarly journals, web sites of professional and scholarly societies, and respected academic presses.

Introduction & Biography

"Charlotte Perkins Gilman." Introduction to Gilman, from the college textbook publisher the Heath Anthology of American Literature.

"Women's History: Charlotte Perkins Gilman." A brief introduction to Charlotte Perkins Gilman, from the college textbook publisher the Gale/Cengage.

"Charlotte Perkins Gilman." An introduction, biography, and brief critical overview for Charlotte Perkins Gilman, from educational publisher Pearson Literature.

Davis, Cynthia J. Charlotte Perkins Gilman: A Biography (Stanford UP 2010) [complete book, sub ser, questia].

Knight, Denise D. "The Dying of Charlotte Perkins Gilman." On her death by suicide. ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly) 13, 2 (June 1999) [sub ser, questia].

Literary Criticism

Davis, Cynthia J. "'The World Was Home for Me': Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Sentimental Public Sphere." Arizona Quarterly 66, 1 (Spring 2010) pp 63-86 [substantial extract, muse].

Davis, Cynthia J. "Love and Economics: Charlotte Perkins Gilman on 'The Woman Question.'" ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly) 19, 4 (Dec. 2005) pp 63-86 [sub ser, questia].

De Simone, Deborah M. "Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Feminization of Education." Women in Literature and Life 4 (Fall 1995).

Egan, Kristen R. "Conservation and Cleanliness: Racial and Environmental Purity in Ellen Richards and Charlotte Perkins Gilman." WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly 3/4 (Fall/Winter 2011) pp 72-92 [substantial extract, muse].

Gilbert, Sandra M.; and Susan Gubar. From The Madwoman in the Attic, the landmark work of feminist literary criticism published in 1979. On madness and female authorship in "The Yellow Wallpaper" [sub ser, enotes].

Gilbert, Sandra M.; and Susan Gubar. "'Fecundate! Discriminate!': Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the Theologizing of Maternity." In Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Optimist Reformer (1999) ed. by Jill Rudd and Val Gough [sub ser, enotes].

Golden, Catherine J.; and Joanna Schneider Zangrando, eds. The Mixed Legacy of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (U of Delaware P 2000) A collection of scholarly essays by many literary critics [complete book, sub ser, questia].

Hochman, Barbara. "The Reading Habit and The Yellow Wallpaper." American Literature 74, 1 (March 2002) pp 89-110 [substantial extract, muse].

Karpinski, Joanne B. "When the Marriage of True Minds Admits Impediments: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and William Dean Howells." In Critical Essays on Charlotte Perkins Gilman [sub ser, enotes].

Thrailkill, Jane F. "Doctoring The Yellow Wallpaper." ELH 69, 2 (Summer 2002) pp 525-66 [substantial extract, muse].

Wagner-Martin, Linda. "Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper: A Centenary." In Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Woman and Her Work [sub ser, enotes].

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