Linda Wagner-Martin (essay date 1989)
SOURCE: Wagner-Martin, Linda. “Gilman's ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’: A Centenary.” In Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Woman and Her Work, edited by Sheryl L. Meyering, pp. 51-64. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1989.
[In the following essay, Wagner-Martin discusses the themes of motherhood and self-identity in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” asserting that the story is “a splendid example of gender-based narrative.”]
A friend is dead.
We cannot discount...
Source: Short Story Criticism, ©2003 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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