Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper

When the story first came out in the new england magazine about 1891 a boston physician made protest in the transcript.

Why i wrote the yellow wallpaper. Ve anyone mad to read it. Why i wrote the yellow wallpaper volume 17 issue 4 charlotte perkins gilman. He never acknowledged it. Such a story ought not to be written he said.

This article by charlotte perkins gilman originally appeared in the october 1913 issue of the forerunner. And many a reader has asked that. Being naturally moved to rejoicing by this narrow escape i wrote the yellow wall paper with its embellishments and additions to carry out the ideal i never had hallucinations or objections to my mural decorations and sent a copy to the physician who so nearly drove me mad. It was enough to drive anyone mad to read it.

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Why i wrote the yellow wallpaper deals directly with the postpartum depression she suffered from and her hopes that the story would enlighten other women who had similar experiences. Another physician in. T came ut in the. Why i wrote the yellow wallpaper.

Such a story ought 110t to be written he said. The 1892 long form short story or novella became and remains a classic in feminist literature.