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1 online resource (58 pages). |
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Female Hysteria anthology |
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Female Hysteria anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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Original document: Book. |
| Summary |
When The Yellow Wall Paper wasℓfirst published in 1892,ℓthe story was regarded as a gripping, disturbing piece of entertainment, but little more. After its rediscovery in the 20th century, readings of the story have become more complex.ℓForbidden from working, the narrator of the tale must hide her journal from an overbearing husband, who insists she must recuperate from what he calls a “temporary nervous depression and a slight hysterical tendency.”ℓThe tale depicts the effect of confinement on the narrator’s mental health, and her subsequent descent into madness.ℓThis rather compelling short story artfully depicts the prevailing attitudes in the 19th century toward women’s physical and mental health. It is now widely regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature.ℓ |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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Married women -- Psychology -- Fiction.
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Mentally ill women -- Fiction.
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FICTION / GENERAL
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Women -- United States -- Fiction.
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HEALTH & FITNESS / GENERAL
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HISTORY / GENERAL
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