In This Our World, Suffrage Songs and Verses - A Collection of Poems (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Feminist Reform Verse and Suffrage Songs from the Progressive EraBy Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Length2h 8m
About this audiobook
In This Our World, Suffrage Songs and Verses gathers Charlotte Perkins Gilman's reformist poetry into a forceful record of feminist, social, and ethical argument. Its poems move between lyric appeal, satire, hymnlike exhortation, and public oratory, translating the ideals of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century women's movement into memorable verse. Gilman writes against domestic confinement, economic dependence, and political exclusion, placing her work within Progressive Era debates over labor, citizenship, marriage, and social evolution. Gilman's authority arose from lived experience as well as intellect. A lecturer, novelist, editor, and social theorist, she endured the constraints imposed on women's bodies and ambitions, most famously dramatized in The Yellow Wall-Paper. Her commitments to women's economic independence and suffrage shaped both her prose and poetry, giving these verses the urgency of activism joined to literary craft. This collection is recommended to readers interested in feminist literary history, American reform movements, and poetry as political instrument. It offers not only artful expression but a vital document of democratic struggle.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length2 hrs 8 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 21, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26Water-lure
2Introduction
27Aunt Eliza
3Author Biography
28The Cripple
4Historical Context
29When Thou Gainest Happiness
5Synopsis (Selection)
30For Fear
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6Then This
31His Agony
7Arrears
32Brain Service
8How Doth The Hat
33The Kingdom
9Thanksgiving
34Heaven Forbid!
10Thanksong
35The Puritan
11Love
36The Malingerer
12Steps
37May Leaves
13Child Labor
38The Room At The Top
14His Crutches
39A Bawling World
15Get Your Work Done
40O Faithful Clay!
16A Central Sun, a song
41We Eat At Home
17Locked Inside
42The Earth's Entail
18Here Is The Earth
43Alas!
19The "Anti" And The Fly
44"The Outer Reef!"
20Two Prayers
45To-morrow Night
21Before Warm February Winds
46The Waiting-Room
22Little Leafy Brothers
47Only Mine
23A Walk Walk Walk
48A Question
24Ode To A Fool
49In How Little Time
25The Sands
50The Socialist And The Suffragist
Women and Economics (The Economic Relation Between Men and Women as a Factor in Social Evolution) (Annotated)Charlotte Perkins Gilman9h 38m$2 · $0.00
The Humanness of Women: Theory and Practice of Feminism (Essays and Sketches) (Annotated)Charlotte Perkins Gilman20h 26m$2 · $0.00
The Herland Trilogy: Moving the Mountain, Herland, With Her in Ourland (Utopian Classic Fiction) (Annotated)Charlotte Perkins Gilman19h 6m$2 · $0.00
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The Collected Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Short Stories, Novels, Poems and Essays (Annotated)Charlotte Perkins Gilman69h 3m$2 · $0.00
The Man-Made World; Or, Our Androcentric CultureCharlotte Perkins Gilman5h 12m$2 · $0.00
De economische toestand der vrouwCharlotte Perkins Gilman9h 31m$2 · $0.00
What Diantha DidCharlotte Perkins Gilman7h 35m$2 · $0.00
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The Complete Herland Trilogy: Moving the Mountain, Herland & With Her in OurlandCharlotte Perkins Gilman18h 55m$1 · $0.00
Human WorkCharlotte Perkins Gilman10h 22m$2 · $0.00
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A Collection of Poems by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (In This Our World, Suffrage Songs and Verses) (Annotated)Charlotte Perkins Gilman2h 10m$2 · $0.00
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UnashamedHarry Baker1h 33m4.0 (1)$20 · $0.00
Maybe You Never Cry AgainBernie Mac4h 25m$20 · $0.00
Inquire WithinIn-Q2h 18m$16 · $0.00
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