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Modern · Fiction / social criticism

Herland

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Charlotte Perkins Gilman examining gender, labor, mental health; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

Date
1915
Origin
United States
Era
Modern
Genre
Fiction / social criticism
Difficulty
Challenging
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

Why it matters

A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Charlotte Perkins Gilman examining gender, labor, mental health; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.