The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories of Liberation by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (9781954525832)

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories of Liberation

by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins , Baer, Ulrich

Paperback - English

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" is one of the key texts in American women's fiction and also a rallying cry for feminism. Since its original printing in 1892, it has been routinely anthologized in collections of women's literature, American literature, and textbooks. This volume gathers nine other equally momentous stories by a diverse group of renowned American women authors who changed the world with their compelling tales. These ten stories testify to the power of the imagination to create personal transformation and political change.

Authors whose stories appear in this unique collection are:

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Djuna Barnes

Kate Chopin

Sui Sin Far

Zora Neale Hurston

Nella Larsen

Gertrude Stein

Elizabeth Stoddard

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Edith Wharton

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

1954525834

EAN

9781954525832

Publisher

INDEPENDENT CAT

Publication Date

16 Oct 2021

Pages

168

Weight (kg)

0.20

Dimensions (cm)

20.3 x 13.3 x 1.0

About Author

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an American sociologist, writer, lecturer, and social reformist. As a child, Gilman was often in the presence of her father's relatives, notably Isabella Beecher Hooker, a well-known suffragist, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, an abolitionist and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Many of Gilman's own works reflect similarly feminist and social reformist perspectives, and in 1909 she established The Forerunner, a magazine that acted as a forum for discussion of these issues. Gilman's most famous work is "The Yellow Wallpaper," a semi-autobiographical short story written in re