Inside the Wallpaper





This work was inspired by a short story by the late 19th - early 20th century feminist scholar Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a story described by Ann J. Lane as the "only deeply self-examining writing she ever did."  "The Yellow Wall-Paper" is narrated by a young mother whose physician-husband has decided to cure her "slight hysterical tendency" by separating her from her newborn, and locking her into an old nursery.  The young woman's diary becomes a riveting journey into madness.  As the lonely days unfold, the patterns on the crumbling wallpaper of the nursery take on a life of their own: hers.

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