Charlotte Perkins Gilman's “The Yellow Wall-paper” and the History of Its Publication and Reception - A Critical Edition and Documentary Casebook

Summary

This is a critical edition of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper", the story of the victimization of a woman whose neurasthenic condition is completely misdiagnosed and mistreated, leaving her to face insanity alone. It is accompanied by contemporary reviews and letters.

Product details

• Assisted by: Julie Bates Dock (Editor), Dock Julie Bates (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.1998
• EAN: 9780271017341
• ISBN: 978-0-271-01734-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 254 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Penn State Series in the History of the Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, American English, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary essays, Gender studies: women, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form