Bücher von Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The "rest cure" was prescribed to Gilman by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, author of the Autobiography of a Quack.

Eine junge Frau braucht nach der Geburt ihres Kindes Erholung, meint ihr Ehemann und mietet ein Sommerhaus, damit sie zur nötigen Ruhe kommt.Die junge Mutter fühlt sich wohl in dem schönen Haus, einzig der Raum mit der gelben Tapete bereitet ihr Unbehagen. Die in sich verschlungenen Muster scheinen von Tag zu Tag bedrohlicher und flößen ihr Angst ein. Was nur verbirgt sich hinter der Tapete?Unheimlich und beklemmend liest sich diese Geschichte in der Tradition von Edgar Allan Poe. Ein Schlüsseltext der amerikanischen Literatur in der Neuübersetzung von Christian Detoux.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman''s short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" is one of the key texts in American women''s fiction and also a rallying cry for feminism. Since its original printing in 1892, it has been routinely anthologized in collections of women''s literature, American literature, and textbooks. This volume gathers nine other equally momentous stories by a diverse group of renowned American women authors who changed the world with their compelling tales. These ten stories testify to the power of the imagination to create personal transformation and political change.Authors whose stories appear in this unique collection are:Charlotte Perkins GilmanDjuna BarnesKate ChopinSui Sin Far Zora Neale HurstonNella LarsenGertrude SteinElizabeth StoddardFrances Ellen Watkins HarperEdith Wharton

"The Yellow Wallpaper" is a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, published 1892 in The New England Magazine.

Herland (1915) is a utopian novel by American author and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Herland was originally published in The Forerunner, a monthly magazine edited by Gilman, before going out of print for the next several decades. The novel was republished with an influential introduction by scholar Ann J. Lane in 1979 and has since been recognized as an important work of science fiction written by a leading feminist of the early twentieth century.A sociologist and his two friends embark on an expedition to discover a rumored land where a lost civilization of women lives apart from the rest of the world. They journey by plane and, upon landing, are quickly captured by a group of women. Taken to town, the men are held in a central fortress where they are treated well and encouraged to learn more about the women¿s culture in order to assimilate. They are taught the history of the land, which has been without men for two thousand years, and learn that the women are able to reproduce asexually. Although they recognize the utopian qualities of the society and despite being impressed by the beauty and order of its structures, the men struggle to live without presupposed notions of gender and patriarchy. When an escape attempt goes awry, they are forced to abandon their prejudices, joining the society through marriage. When one of the group fails to respect their hosts¿ ideals of gender equality, however, the men are forced to make a decision that could endanger the continued existence of the utopia.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman¿s Herland is a classic of American literature and science fiction reimagined for modern readers.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was a prominent American feminist, sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform. She was a utopian feminist during a time when her accomplishments were exceptional for women, and she served as a role model for future generations of feminists because of her unorthodox concepts and lifestyle. Her best remembered work today is her semi-autobiographical short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis. Table of Contents: ΓÇó Then This ΓÇó Arrears ΓÇó How Doth The Hat ΓÇó Thanksgiving ΓÇó Thanksong ΓÇó Love ΓÇó Steps ΓÇó Child Labor ΓÇó His Crutches ΓÇó Get Your Work Done ΓÇó A Central Sun, a song ΓÇó Locked Inside ΓÇó Here is the Earth ΓÇó The "Anti" and The Fly ΓÇó Two Prayers ΓÇó Before Warm February Winds ΓÇó Little Leafy Brothers ΓÇó A Walk Walk Walk ΓÇó Ode to A Fool ΓÇó The Sands ΓÇó Water-Lure ΓÇó Aunt Eliza ΓÇó The Cripple ΓÇó When Thou Gainest Happiness ΓÇó For Fear ΓÇó His Agony ΓÇó Brain Service ΓÇó The Kingdom ΓÇó Heaven Forbid! ΓÇó The Puritan ΓÇó The Malingerer ΓÇó May Leaves ΓÇó The Room at The Top ΓÇó A Bawling World ΓÇó O Faithful Clay! ΓÇó We Eat At Home ΓÇó The Earth''s Entail ΓÇó Alas! ΓÇó "The Outer Reef!" ΓÇó To-Morrow Night ΓÇó The Waiting-Room ΓÇó Only Mine ΓÇó A Question ΓÇó In How Little Time ΓÇó The Socialist and The Suffragist ΓÇó Worship ΓÇó The Little White Animals ΓÇó Many Windows ΓÇó In A Much ΓÇó Love''s Highest

A woman and her husband rent a summer house, but what should be a restful getaway turns into a suffocating psychological battle. This chilling account of postpartum depression and a husband's controlling behavior in the guise of treatment will leave you breathless.This Inwood Commons Modern Edition updates Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic so that it's as easy to read and as relevant as if it was written today. The book also includes the author's argument to Congress for women's voting rights, her reasons for writing The Yellow Wallpaper, two essays from modern scholars, and the original unedited versions in appendices.

First published in 1892 in The New England Magazine, The Yellow Wallpaper is one of the first prominent literary works of the feminist movement in the United States, paving the way for a generation of women that would dedicate their lives to gender equality. Gilman strived to remodel the roles of women in marriages, distraught by the oppression of their creativity and intellectual potential.Furthermore, the compelling story of The Yellow Wallpaper is thought to have been influenced by her own personal experiences with depression, only aggravated by the presence of her child and her husband. Referred to Dr. S. Weir Mitchell to cure her condition, she was obliged to live in a period of mental inactivity for some time, refrained from any intellectual work and forced to implicate herself more in domestic affairs. This only led her deeper into depression and pushed her to her breaking point, clutching rag dolls and crawling under beds and into closets.