Charlotte Perkins Gilman, In This Our World

Denise Knight (SUNY, Cortland)

Ed. by Emory Elliott, University of California, Riverside
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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First circulation or publication 1893

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United States (Country of Origin)

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Poem collection

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman's first collection of poetry,

In This Our World

, was published by McCombs & Vaughn in Oakland, California, in 1893. The slim volume, containing just seventy-three poems, was enthusiastically received both in the United States and in Europe. The

Overland Monthly

opined that it contained “some of the most noteworthy verse of the sort that has been published for years in this country,” while the

San Francisco Star

applauded its “sudden turns of sarcastic wit.“

While the volume boasted a wide variety of poetical topics, from nature poetry to feminist anthems to political verse, Gilman's satirical poems were particularly well received. William Dean Howells declared them “the wittiest . . . things that have been written this many a long day and year.”

While…

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Citation: Knight, Denise. "In This Our World". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 January 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4497, accessed 23 November 2024.]

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, In This Our World

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