The awakening and selected stories / Kate Chopin ; edited with an introduction by Sandra M. Gilbert.
Material type: TextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2003.Description: 286 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 0142437328
- 9780142437322
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | Chopin, Kate | Available | 33111006007518 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | Fiction | Chopin, Kate | Available | 33111006388850 |
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Kate Chopin's groundbreaking depiction of a woman who dares to defy the expectations of society in the pursuit of her desire
When The Awakening was first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality seemed to consign it into obscurity and irreparably damage its author's reputation. But a century after her death, it is widely regarded as Kate Chopin's great achievement. Through careful, subtle changes of style, Chopin shows the transformation of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother, who - with tragic consequences - refuses to be caged by married and domestic life, and claims for herself moral and erotic freedom.
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The awakening -- Emancipation : a life fable -- At the 'Cadian ball -- Désirée's baby -- La belle Zoraïde -- At Chênière Caminada -- The story of an hour -- Lilacs -- Athénaåise -- A pair of silk stockings -- Nég Créol -- Elizabeth Stock's one story -- The storm : a sequel to "The 'Cadian ball."
When first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality consigned The Awakening into initial obscurity and irreparably damaged its author's literary and social reputation. In her introduction, Sandra M. Gilbert considers the issues explored in the novel and the stories from their growth out of the feminist literary tradition of the nineteenth century to their place among other concerns of fin de sicle writers in America and England.