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GATE 2026 XH2 (English) – Question 48

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · Global Perspectives on Literary Studies: Anglophone literatures (British, American, Canadian and other postcolonial literatures) · 2 marks · Multiple choice

Which feminist author wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”?

  1. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  2. Louisa May Alcott
  3. Edith Wharton
  4. Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Correct answer: (A) Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Explanation

"The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892) is a story by the American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, about a woman confined for a 'rest cure'.