To summarize this book in one sentence: The Yellow Wallpaper is about a woman's descent into the harrowing grasp of Post Partum Depression while her husband and sister-in-law ignore her growing issues out of ignorance, blind righteousness and fear.This story starts out seemingly harmless enough. A w...
First published in 1892, The Yellow Wall-Paper is written as the secret journal of a woman who, failing to relish the joys of marriage and motherhood, is sentenced to a country rest cure. Though she longs to write, her husband and doctor forbid it, prescribing instead complete passivity. In the inv...
I'm not going to review this properly. I'm just going to say that I read this for school, and I have to write a paper on it, so I've read a couple of articles as well. The text deals with feminism and patriarchy (which I barely know how to spell by the way). It can't really be called a book, seeing ...
A woman and her physician husband, John, rent a rural house to allow the heroine to recover from a depression shortly after childbirth.I am sure the short story was a strong commentary on the times, delving into misdiagnosed postpartum depression and the "you'll get over it" attitude. But, the power...
I was reminded of this little piece by a fellow reviewer and while I read it way back in college, several things still stick in my mind.First, the prevalent psychology of Freud during the time-period. This novel portrays the kind of circular thinking that could happen to anyone in that particular ti...
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