The Yellow Wall-Paperย [1892] is the short but intense, Gothic horror story, written as a diary, about a woman in an attic โ imprisoned in her gender; by the story.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's feminist novella was long overlooked in American literary history. Nowadays, it is counted among the classics.
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860โ1935), born in Hartford, Connecticut, was an American feminist theorist, sociologist, novelist, short story writer, poet, and playwright. Her writings are precursors to many later feminist theories. With her radical life attitude, Perkins Gilman has been an inspiration for many generations of feminists in the USA. Her most famous work is the short storyย The Yellow Wall-Paperย [1892], written when she suffered from postpartum psychosis.
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860โ1935), born in Hartford, Connecticut, was an American feminist theorist, sociologist, novelist, short story writer, poet, and playwright. Her writings are precursors to many later feminist theories. With her radical life attitude, Perkins Gilman has been an inspiration for many generations of feminists in the USA. Her most famous work is the short storyย The Yellow Wall-Paperย [1892], written when she suffered from postpartum psychosis.