The Yellow Wallpaper - Brossura

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1684222273 ISBN 13: 9781684222278

Casa editrice: Martino Fine Books, 2018

Riassunto

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Martino Fine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1684222273
• ISBN 13: 9781684222278
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 24