The Yellow Wallpaper / Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Peace and tranquillity thrive in this utopian land' forcing the explorers to question how their own corrupted' male-dominated world can survive. Herland' first published in 1915' follows a group of three men as they arrive in a female-only society. And then there's the putrid' yellow wallpaper which seems to shift and creep around the room before her very eyes.

Her husband John' a physician' is of no comfort and she can't bear to sit with the new baby as his crying makes her much too nervous. 'The Yellow Wallpaper' Ironic Undertones One element of irony which runs consistently through Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story The Yellow Wallpaper is how the ill narrator’s treatment has adverse effects on her health and plays a role in her seemingly inevitable descent into insanity. In The Yellow Wallpaper a woman frantically paces the empty nursery at the top of a secluded mansion. Collected here' both The Yellow Wallpaper and Herland are extraordinary for scrutinising the patriarchal norms of turn-of-the-century America. 'There are things in that wallpaper that nobody knows about but me' or ever will' Hailed as one of the most distinctive and compelling literary voices of her era' Charlotte Perkins Gilman is praised today for her ground-breaking' feminist writing. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY LINDY WEST 28.HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved' essential classics. 9781784870522 Herland and The Yellow Wallpaper 28.0000 NZD InStock /shop/books /shop/books/fiction/classics /shop/books/fiction The centenary edition of Herland, by the author of the classic feminist short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper' All alone, the women have created a society of calm and prosperity, a feminist utopia that dares to threaten the very concept of male superiority. How could these women survive without man's knowledge, experience and strength, not to mention reproductive power? In fact, what they have found is a civilisation free from disease, poverty and the weight of tradition. When three American men discover a community of women, living in perfect isolation in the Amazon, they decide there simply must be men somewhere. The centenary edition of Herland, by the author of the classic feminist short story 'The Yellow Wallpaper' What would happen if society was run by women? Charlotte Perkins Gilman imagines the result.

The Yellow Wallpaper / Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman