Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Her Progress Toward Utopia, with Selected Writings

by Carol Farley Kessler

Book Overview

The focus of Carol Farley Kessler's work is how Charlotte Perkins Gilman developed as a writer and how she imagined a full-blown utopia for women. This book, which offers a fresh reading of Gilman's fiction, fills a void in Gilman scholarship, in feminist utopian scholarship, and in American literary studies.

Kessler provides three journeys through Gilman's life: "A Biographical Exploration'' discusses facets of her life having a substantial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815603045
• ISBN13: 9780815603047
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"