The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Event Details
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935 was an American writer and feminist. Her works critiqued the economic, social and medical systems that enclosed and dehumanised women. Her most famous short story, The Yellow Wallpaper (1899), was written in response to her own treatment by doctors she trusted for ‘a severe and continuous nervous breakdown’.
In her short essay, Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper, she describes how mandated bed rest and reduction to the state of an invalid caused her to ‘come so near the border line of utter mental ruin that I could see over.’
The Yellow Wallpaper gives voice and agency to the narrator, who confronts mental illness, societal repression and, ultimately, the transcendent experience of art. This workshop is structured in the inclusive LitSalon tradition: dynamically facilitated discussion with a weave of contextual information and insights.
JOINING DETAILS:
- One 2.5 hour meeting on Zoom
- Wednesday 21 August, 5.30-8.00 pm (BST)
- Led by Toby Brothers & Deborah Lawunmi
- £50 for 2.5 hours with two facilitators (please see the note on the booking form below if you would like to know more about support which may be available to help with costs)
- The Yellow Wallpaper is available as a Penguin paperback (ISBN-13: 978-1684222278) and can also be downloaded here
