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Wonderfully sardonic and slyly humorous!
When I Was a Witch
is a collection of classic short stories and flash fictions by pioneer feminist, literary entrepreneur and social reformer
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
.
The fantastic tales, which are reminiscent of
Haruki Murakami
's
The Elephant Vanishes
, include:
,
If I Were a Man
The Yellow Wallpaper
Turned
The Cottagette
My Astonishing Dodo
, and many others. Each of the stories takes a simple concept of female life, and probes it, what-ifs it, and exposes it until it reaches one of many ultimate conclusions.
Gilman
's style is witty, subtly ironic and a joy to read.
is about a woman who was having a bad hair day when she discovers that her wishes can come true and can change her environment and even the society at large. The wishes, though unconventional, still keep with other themes by
around women and identity.
In
If I Were A Man
Mollie
, the protagonist, becomes a man for one day. She immediately notices that she feels more confident as a man. She gains a sense of weight and size and freedom of physical movement that constitute a man's identity and that are different from the meekness and restraint she feels as a woman. She suddenly feels at home in the world, where everything is the right size for her, including the seat back. As she enters the man's world, she experience men differently than she used to do as a woman. Hilarious, perceptive and insightful.
Since its publication in
New England Magazine
in 1892,
has been one of the most analyzed pieces of literature. Literary critics have looked at the tale from many different perspectives including feminist and anti-feminist perspectives, psychological perspectives, and even perspectives looking at
as a science fiction novella. Whichever perspective one looks at this tale describing the chilling depiction of a woman's mental breakdown one would see it as it truly is; a riveting masterpiece.
is a short story about the standing up of one woman for what she ultimately believes to be the right thing. The tale is reminiscent of
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
without the dystopian totalitarian theocratic undertones.
Charlotte Gilman
was a prominent American sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and non fiction, 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, "
", which she wrote after a severe bout of post-partum depression.
When I Was a Witch
is a collection of classic short stories and flash fictions by pioneer feminist, literary entrepreneur and social reformer
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
.
The fantastic tales, which are reminiscent of
Haruki Murakami
's
The Elephant Vanishes
, include:
,
If I Were a Man
The Yellow Wallpaper
Turned
The Cottagette
My Astonishing Dodo
, and many others. Each of the stories takes a simple concept of female life, and probes it, what-ifs it, and exposes it until it reaches one of many ultimate conclusions.
Gilman
's style is witty, subtly ironic and a joy to read.
is about a woman who was having a bad hair day when she discovers that her wishes can come true and can change her environment and even the society at large. The wishes, though unconventional, still keep with other themes by
around women and identity.
In
If I Were A Man
Mollie
, the protagonist, becomes a man for one day. She immediately notices that she feels more confident as a man. She gains a sense of weight and size and freedom of physical movement that constitute a man's identity and that are different from the meekness and restraint she feels as a woman. She suddenly feels at home in the world, where everything is the right size for her, including the seat back. As she enters the man's world, she experience men differently than she used to do as a woman. Hilarious, perceptive and insightful.
Since its publication in
New England Magazine
in 1892,
has been one of the most analyzed pieces of literature. Literary critics have looked at the tale from many different perspectives including feminist and anti-feminist perspectives, psychological perspectives, and even perspectives looking at
as a science fiction novella. Whichever perspective one looks at this tale describing the chilling depiction of a woman's mental breakdown one would see it as it truly is; a riveting masterpiece.
is a short story about the standing up of one woman for what she ultimately believes to be the right thing. The tale is reminiscent of
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
without the dystopian totalitarian theocratic undertones.
Charlotte Gilman
was a prominent American sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and non fiction, 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, "
", which she wrote after a severe bout of post-partum depression.
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