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Tag: Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper: Feminist Viewpoint

Posted on April 3, 2015 by admin

The Yellow Wallpaper is a much acclaimed nineteenth century short story authored by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.  It first appeared in The New England Magazine in 1892.  Upon its publication it proved controversial and provocative due to its bold portrayal of women’s sexuality and psychology.  The story is also unique, for it adopts the epistolary style,…

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Feminist take on Carrie by Stephen King

Posted on November 5, 2012 by JL Admin

While novels such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, Kate Chopin’s ‘The Awakening’, Margaret Atwood’s ‘Surfacing’ are essential entries in the feminist literary canon, Stephen King’s Carrie does not belong in this company.  The crucial difference is that almost all novels that explore femininity and women’s identity are written by women authors themselves.  Keeping…

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