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 and 'The Yellow Wallpaper' on film. All three writers are still popular in US classrooms in particular. This paperback edition includes a new Preface to the material, providing a useful update on recent scholarship.
Acknowledgements New Preface Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton and Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Studies in Short Fiction, An Introduction 'dah you is, settin' down, lookin' jis' like w'ite folks!' Ethnicity Enacted in Kate Chopin's Short Fiction Without End: the Shape and Form of Desire in Kate Chopin's Short Fiction Kate Chopin's Short Stories, on the Verge(s) of Narrative Edith Wharton and the Coherence of the Novella: From Initiation to Disillusion Edith Wharton, Literary Ghosts and the Writing of New England The Means and Ends of Genre in the Short Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Analogues: Reiterating the Social Health 'The Yellow Wallpaper' on Film: Dramatising Mental Illness Conclusion References and Bibliography Index
