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Kate Chopin's The Awakening - A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook (Hardcover)
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Kate Chopin's The Awakening - A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Guides to Literature
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First published in 1899, "The Awakening"'s engagement with taboo
issues of female sexuality and infidelity prompted a flurry of
damning reviews that sent the book out of print and int obscurity
for several decades. However, it is now hailed as a key early
feminist text and has become one of the most widely studied works
of American literature.
This" Sourcebook "combines accessible commentary with reprinted
documents to provide the ideal introduction to the novel. Its first
section, "Contexts" provides biographical information on Chopin and
explores 1890s American society to reveal the contextual backdrop
to her work. The editors pay particular attention to Chopin's
Louisiana Creole heritage and to the expectations of women in this
era. "Interpretations" begins with an overview of the critical
reception of the novel and then introduces extracts from important
early reviews and contemporary criticism. Readers are carefully
guided through a range of crucial issues from Chopin'streatment of
female sexuality to the influence of Darwinism on her writing. The
following section, "Key Passages," reproduces selected chapters fof
the original text, along with extensive commentary. These
commentaries equip readers to make connections with the critical
and contextual issues raised earlier in the Sourcebook and to
initiate engaged, informed, individual new analyses of Chopin's
text. A concluding "Further Reading" section is provided for those
wishing to extend their work on the novel.
Offering a perfectly judged selection of reprinted materials and
insightful, refreshingly clear commentary, this volume will greatly
enrich any reading of "The Awakening,"
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