Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton and Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Studies in Short Fiction

by Janet Beer

Book Overview

A wide range of short fiction by Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton and Charlotte Perkins Gilman is the focus for this study, examining both genre and theme. Chopin's short stories, Wharton's novellas, Chopin's frankly erotic writing and the homilies in which Gilman warns of the dangers of the sexually transmitted disease are compared. There are also essays on ethnicity in the work of Chopin, Wharton's New England stories, Gilman's innovative use of genre...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333545427
• ISBN13: 9780333545423
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"