An important classic “must-read” and a still widely popular short story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating attitudes in the 19th century toward women's physical and ... Læs meremental health. Told in the first person, the story is a series of journal entries written by a woman (Jane) whose physician husband (John) has confined her to the upstairs bedroom of a house. She is forbidden from working and has to hide her journal from him, so she can recuperate from what he calls a "temporary nervous depression – a slight hysterical tendency," a diagnosis common to women in that period. The brilliant short story depicts the effect of confinement on the narrator's mental health and her descent into psychosis. With nothing else to stimulate her, she becomes progressively obsessed by the pattern and color of the wallpaper. Læs mindre
"Stærk novelle om en kvinde, der bliver holdt indespærret af sin læge-mand på et tapetseret loftsværelse for at komme sig over en depression. Hun er en fascinerende fortæller, fordi hun både er troværdig og utroværdig efterhånden som indespærringen påvirker hendes sind, og hun begynder at se forskellige ting i værelsets tapetmønster. Knugende og skræmmende læsning som især kan anbefales, hvis man er interesseret i psykologi eller kvindehistorie."
"Rigtig god lille historie, som samtidig fortæller en del om Amerikansk historie. Også en rigtig fin udgave af bogen!"
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