History/GWS 249 Reading Guide
Nineteenth Century Local Color and Realist Fiction
Texts:
- Mary Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930), “The Revolt of Mother,” Harper’s Monthly (September 1890), reprinted in A New England Nun and other Stories (1891). Online short stories by Freeman.
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935), “The Yellow Wallpaper,” The New England Magazine (January 1892). Online texts by Gilman.
- Kate Chopin (1851-1904), “The Story of an Hour” (1894). Online texts by Chopin.
Further reading:
- Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), “Transcendental Wild Oats” (1873), a newspaper sketch reprinted in Silver Pitchers (1873). Online texts by Alcott.
- Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909): Online texts by Jewett.
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937), “Expiation," Cosmopolitan (1908). Online stories by Wharton (The Edith Wharton Society).
- Willa Cather (1873-1947): Online index to Willa Cather’s Short Fiction 1892-1912.
- Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910), “Life in the Iron Mills,” Atlantic Monthly (April 1861).
Questions forthcoming.
