The Awakening - Softcover

Chopin, Kate

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1497441919 ISBN 13: 9781497441910

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth 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 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 mixed reaction from contemporary readers and criticism. The novel's blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway and echoes the works of contemporaries such as Edith Wharton and Henry James. It can also be considered among the first Southern works in a tradition that would culminate with the modern masterpieces of Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter, and Tennessee Williams

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Review:

'A Clear concise and convincing analysis of the works position in the critical canon of American Literature.' - European Journal of English Studies

 

'A reader friendly critical study of an American Masterpiece.' - Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.

Book Description:

Kate Chopin's daring portrait of a woman seeking for a life beyond her role as devoted wife and mother

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1497441919
• ISBN 13: 9781497441910
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106