Description
Book SynopsisScholars have argued for decades over which constitutes the best possible version of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s frequently anthologized story “The Yellow Wall-Paper.”Most editions have been based on the 1892 New England Magazine publication rather than the handwritten manuscript at Radcliffe College.
Trade ReviewThis volume offers both Gilman scholars and scholars of textual studies a unique and helpful means of engaging with a work that exists in multiple forms, and includes some insightful new readings of this much-analyzed story.
“The question recently has become not simply ‘What does the story mean?‘ but also ‘Which story?‘… St. Jean’s edited volume is necessary reading for anyone seeking to understand the often-Byzantine critical debate in textual and Gilman studies over which is the authoritative version of Gilman’s story, which variants matter and why, and how are we to know.” * Resources for American Literary Study *
“In short, this edition is a valuable resource not only for scholars of Gilman’s
oeuvre, but indeed for the many of us who teach her best-known story in our classrooms.” * American Literary Realism *
“One cannot fail to recognize the importance of the volume. It sheds useful light on 1890s publishing practices, provides essential source material for anyone planning to reprint Gilman’s story, and, most importantly, offers critics of the story easy access to the two important competing texts—and fodder for potentially endless critical debate.” * American Periodicals *
