The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories of Liberation - Paperback

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Author), Ulrich Baer (Editor)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" is one of the key texts in American women's fiction and also a rallying cry for feminism. Since its original printing in 1892, it has been routinely anthologized in collections of women's literature, American literature, and textbooks. This volume gathers nine other equally momentous stories by a diverse group of renowned American women authors who changed the world with their compelling tales. These ten stories testify to the power of the imagination to create personal transformation and political change.

Authors whose stories appear in this unique collection are:

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Djuna Barnes

Kate Chopin

Sui Sin Far

Zora Neale Hurston

Nella Larsen

Gertrude Stein

Elizabeth Stoddard

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Edith Wharton