The Abridged Diaries of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Denise D. Knight (Editor)

Overview

One of the leading intellectuals of first-wave feminism, Charlotte Perkins Gilman [1860-1935] was a prolific socialist writer and lecturer. Nearly forgotten in the years following her death, she has been the subject of renewed interest and appreciation in recent decades. Drawing from her previous two-volume edition of The Diaries of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, editor Denise D. Knight here makes available a streamlined version of Gilman's extensive personal diaries and journals, with representative selections from various periods of her life.

Included in this single volume are entries written between 1 January 1879 and 12 March 1935. These selections illustrate Gilman's development from a restless, high-spirited, and opinionated young woman to a mature, internationally-known author and lecturer whose words touched thousands as she worked to effect social change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813917962
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	07/29/1998
Edition description:	Abridged
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Denise D. Knight is Professor of English at the State University of New York at Cortland. She is the editor of The Diaries of Chalotte Perkins Gilman [Virginia].

What People are Saying About This

Utopian Studies

Denise D. Knight, in editing The Diaries of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, has provided what, from now on, will be an essential tool for all Gilman scholars: she has performed an invaluable service.

From the Publisher

Denise D. Knight, in editing The Diaries of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, has provided what, from now on, will be an essential tool for all Gilman scholars: she has performed an invaluable service.

Shelley Fisher Fishkin

The Gilman we see in these diaries is spunky and spirited, sensitive and smart, ordinary and extraordinary, sometimes confident and determined, other times despondent and confused. At last readers can see for themselves how one of the foremothers of American feminism struggles with the challenges of domesticity and independence, family and friends, work and love.

Editorial Reviews

Denise D. Knight, in editing The Diaries of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, has provided what, from now on, will be an essential tool for all Gilman scholars: she has performed an invaluable service.

From the Publisher

The Gilman we see in these diaries is spunky and spirited, sensitive and smart, ordinary and extraordinary, sometimes confident and determined, other times despondent and confused. At last readers can see for themselves how one of the foremothers of American feminism struggles with the challenges of domesticity and independence, family and friends, work and love.

Shelley Fisher Fishkin