The Yellow Wallpaper - Softcover

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1684222273 ISBN 13: 9781684222278

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2018

Synopsis

2018 Reprint of 1892 Edition.  This short story is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's health, both physical and mental.  Presented in the first person, the story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose physician husband (John) has rented an old mansion for the summer. Forgoing other rooms in the house, the couple moves into the upstairs nursery. As a form of treatment, the unnamed woman is forbidden from working, and is encouraged to eat well and get plenty of exercise and air, so she can recuperate from what he calls a "temporary nervous depression – a slight hysterical tendency", a diagnosis common to women in that period.  Gilman used her writing to explore the role of women in America at the time. She explored issues such as the lack of a life outside the home and the oppressive forces of the patriarchal society. Through her work Gilman paved the way for writers such as Alice Walker and Sylvia Plath.

Edition details

• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1684222273
• ISBN 13: 9781684222278
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24