The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories of Liberation

Charlotte Perkins Gilmans short story The Yellow Wallpaper is one of the key texts in American womens fiction and also a rallying cry for feminism. Since its original printing in 1892 it has been routinely anthologized in collections of womens literature American literature and textbooks. This volume gathers nine other equally momentous stories by a diverse group of renowned American women authors who changed the world with their compelling tales. These ten stories testify to the power of the imagination to create personal transformation and political change.Authors whose stories appear in this unique collection are: Charlotte Perkins GilmanDjuna BarnesKate ChopinSui Sin Far Zora Neale HurstonNella LarsenGertrude SteinElizabeth StoddardFrances Ellen Watkins HarperEdith Wharton