Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) was the author of novels, short stories, poems, and works of nonfiction. She is best known for “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892), Women and Economics (1898), and the novel Herland (1915). Dana Seitler is Assistant Professor of Literary Theory and Cultural Studies at Wayne State University.
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction / Dana Seitler 1
Author's Preface 23
1. The Back Way 25
2. Bainville Effects 36
3. The Outbreak 50
4. Transplanted 60
5. Contrasts 70
6. New Friends and Old 82
7. Side Lights 93
8. A Mixture 105
9. Consequences 120
10. Determination 132
11. Thereafter 145
12. Achievements 158
