| The Yellow Wall-Paper Revised Edition Contributor(s): Perkins Gilman, Charlotte (Author), Hedges, Elaine (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 1558611584 ISBN-13: 9781558611580 Publisher: Feminist Press OUR PRICE: $6.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1996 Annotation: First published in 1892, "The Yellow Wall-Paper" is written as the secret journal of a woman who, failing to relish the joys of marriage and motherhood, is sentenced to a country rest cure. Though she longs to write, her husband and doctor forbid it, prescribing instead complete passivity. In the involuntary confinement of her bedroom, the hero creates a reality of her own beyond the hypnotic pattern of the faded yellow wallpaper a pattern that has come to symbolize her own imprisonment. Narrated with superb psychological and dramatic precision, "The Yellow Wall-Paper" stands out not only for the imaginative authenticity with which it depicts one woman's descent into insanity, but also for the power of its testimony to the importance of freedom and self-empowerment for women. Suggested for course use in: Family studies Feminist thought History of medicine 19th-century U.S. literature Psychology Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 - 1935) was a feminist writer, lecturer, and activist. Her many other works include "Herland" and "Women and Economics." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96026697 |
| Lexile Measure: 920 |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 6.72" W x 7" (0.15 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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| Publisher Description: First published in 1892, The Yellow Wall-Paper is written as the secret journal of a woman who, failing to relish the joys of marriage and motherhood, is sentenced to a country rest cure. Though she longs to write, her husband and doctor forbid it, prescribing instead complete passivity. Narrated with superb psychological and dramatic precision, this short but powerful masterpiece has the heroine create a reality of her own within the hypnotic pattern of the faded yellow wall-paper of her bedroom--a pattern that comes to symbolize her own imprisonment. This key women's studies text by a pivotal first-wave feminist writer, lecturer, and activist (1860-1935) is reprinted as it first appeared in New England Magazine in 1892, and contains the essential essay on the author's life and work by pioneering Gilman scholar Elaine R. Hedges. |