{"product_id":"the-yellow-wallpaper-and-other-writings-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman","title":"'The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"727\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eGilman's short story begins as a seemingly ordinary account of a woman confined to a room under the infamous \"rest cure\" prescribed for nervous illness.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"727\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAs the wallpaper around her becomes an object of obsession, the story unfolds into one of literature's most unsettling portraits of psychological collapse, while simultaneously exposing the ways medicine, marriage and patriarchal authority conspire to deny women agency over their own minds. It remains one of the foundational texts of feminist literature, horror and psychological fiction.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"1536\"\u003eThis handsome Gibbs Smith edition gathers \u003cem data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"793\"\u003eThe Yellow Wallpaper\u003c\/em\u003e alongside Gilman's utopian novel \u003cem data-start=\"827\" data-end=\"836\"\u003eHerland\u003c\/em\u003e and selections from \u003cem data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"878\"\u003eWomen and Economics\u003c\/em\u003e, allowing readers to see the remarkable breadth of her work. Long before the language of intersectional feminism or social reproduction existed, Gilman was writing about domestic labour, economic dependence, education, motherhood and gender as political structures rather than private facts. \u003cem data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1180\"\u003eHerland\u003c\/em\u003e, in particular, remains one of the earliest and most fascinating feminist utopias, imagining an all-female society that quietly dismantles assumptions about civilisation, power and progress. An ideal volume for readers interested in feminist history, speculative fiction, social criticism, or simply one of the most influential short stories ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1563\" data-end=\"1704\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2019 first edition hardback published by Gibbs Smith. Very good condition with light shelf wear to the boards and a clean, unmarked interior.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45756333424723,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/bringdogs_babies_grandparents_35.png?v=1782903528","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-yellow-wallpaper-and-other-writings-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}