Hardcover, 343 pages
English language
Published Dec. 13, 1992 by Bedford/St Martins.
The Awakening
Complete, Authoritative Text With Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives ... (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism)
by Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin: The Awakening (Hardcover, 1992, Bedford/St Martins)
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The Awakening 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 between 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 women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics.
The Awakening 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 between 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 women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics.
Subjects
- Chopin, Kate
- 19th Century American Novel And Short Story
- 1851-1904
- 1851-1904
- Adultery
- Awakening
- Chopin, Kate,
- Fiction
- Louisiana
- Women
- Literary Criticism