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English
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The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on...
Author
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Norton
Pub. Date
©1976
Language
English
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In the summer of her 28th year, Edna Pontellier and her children, along with the wives and families of other prospective businessmen, spend the summer in an idyllic coastal community away from their husbands and the sweltering heat of 1890s' New Orleans. Aware of deep yearnings that are unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood, Edna plunges into an illicit liaison that reawakens her long dormant desires, inflames her heart, and eventually blinds her...
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Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In this work, twelve prominent Chopin scholars reflect on their parts in the Kate Chopin revival and its impact on their careers. Now Chopin's works have a major presence in college American literature classes.
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Publisher
McFarland & Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Introductory essay discusses Kate Chopin's background and extensive body of fictional work. A chronology traces the main events of her private and professional lives. Entries follow, summarizing the plots of her novels and short stories, identifying her fictional characters, and relating them to her own experiences, family members and friends. Many entries include bibliographical citations"--Provided by publisher.
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Approaches to teaching world literature volume 16
Publisher
Modern Language Association of America
Pub. Date
1988
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Although she enjoyed only modest success during her lifetime, Kate Chopin is now recognised as a unique voice in American literature. Her seminal novel, The Awakening, published in 1899, explored new and startling territory, and stunned readers with its frank depiction of the limits of marriage and motherhood. Chopin's aesthetic tastes and cultural influences were drawn from both the European and American traditions, and her manipulation of her "foreignness"...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
While Kate Chopin, famed writer of The Awakening, has received considerable scholarly attention over the years, little scholarship has focused on her twenty-first century impact, particularly on the global level. Kate Chopin in Context: New Approaches revisits familiar themes, establishes new themes, and brings theory to practice in classroom settings, where so many encounter Chopin as readers and as teachers. Notably, the collection includes essays...
17) The awakening
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Publisher
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Prentice Hall International
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
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Provides an in-depth critical introduction to the short stories of Kate Chopin. Includes a detailed analyses of every significant story, biographical information, a chronology of the artist's life and works, and a representative selection of critical responses.
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