| The Awakening and Selected Stories Contributor(s): Chopin, Kate (Author), Baym, Nina (Editor), Gibbons, Kaye (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0679783334 ISBN-13: 9780679783336 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $8.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class life are the themes of this now-classic novel. As Kaye Gibbons points out in her Introduction, Chopin "was writing American realism before most Americans could bear to hear that they were living it." This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes selected stories from Chopin's Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00041900 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.82 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 50679 Reading Level: 8.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Introduction by Kaye Gibbons Edited and with notes by Nina Baym Commentary by Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and from The Picayune's Creole Cook Book The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class life are the themes of this now-classic novel. As Kaye Gibbons points out in her Introduction, Chopin "was writing American realism before most Americans could bear to hear that they were living it." This edition includes selected stories from Chopin's Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie. Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide |