Three Thanksgivings | Critical Overview
Gilman’s story ‘‘Three Thanksgivings’’ has received very little critical attention. It was first published in 1909 in Gilman’s journal, Forerunner, which may have been part of the problem. Gilman had attracted the attention of critics before. In her entry on Gilman for the Dictionary of Literary Biography, Robin Miskolcze notes that Gilman’s first published poem, ‘‘Similar Cases,’’ received ‘‘a letter of praise from William Dean Howells, a respected writer and editor of the Atlantic Monthly.’’ However, though Gilman’s earlier...
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