SOURCE: Felton, Sharon. Review of “The Yellow Wallpaper”: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, edited by Thomas L. Erskine and Connie L. Richards. Studies in Short Fiction 32, no. 2 (spring 1995): 273-74.

In the following review of a critical edition of “The Yellow Wallpaper,” edited by Thomas L. Erskine and Connie L. Richards, Felton asserts that the volume fails to address the needs of either an introductory reader or a literary scholar. Felton, however, observes that the introduction, chronology, and bibliography included in the volume are useful.

This volume on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's “The Yellow Wallpaper” is one of four titles selected to kick off the Women Writers: Texts and Contexts series by Rutgers University Press. According to the press release accompanying the work, the new series is “designed for use in introductory classes in writing and literature but will serve equally well in advanced classes. …” While I applaud the decision to promote...