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Hailed as an early vision of woman's emancipation, "The Awakening" tells of a woman in search of self-discovery who turns away from convention and society and toward the primal, becoming irresistibly attracted to nature and the senses. 1 MP3 CD.TimesKate Chopin is a pioneer in the treatment of sexuality in American literature… She does not speak only to women,but she speaks most powerfully about them.
About the Series About this Volume PART I. THE AWAKENING: THE COMPLETE TEXT Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts The Complete Text [The 1969 Seyersted Edition] New Cultural Documents New Two Contemporary Reviews of The Awakening: From "Recent Novels" (The Nation 69, 3 August 1899, 96) From "Books of the Week" (Providence Sunday Journal, 4 June 1899, 15) New Two Principles in Recent American Fiction, James Lane Allen (The Altantic Monthly, October 1897) New Home Study for Young Ladies: Visiting Cards (from Collier's Cyclopedia of Commercial and Social Information and Treasury of Entertaining Knowledge, 1887) New The Dressing-Table New Advertisements from Women's Magazines Lablanche Face Powder (Ladies Home Journal, August 1899) Braided Wire Bristles and Forms (Ladies Home Journal, May 1899) Ferris's Good Sense Corset Waists: When Beauty Reigns (Harper's Magazine, January 1899) The Whitely Exerciser (Ladies Home Journal, December 1896) New Fashion Plates from Women's Magazines Plate No. 7 (Godey's Magazine, January 1897) Plate No. 6 (Godey's Magazine, March 1897) Plate No. 7 (Godey's Magazine, August 1897) New A People Who Live Amid Romance, Ruth McEnery Stuart, (Ladies Home Journal, December 1896) New The Artist and Marriage (The Atlantic Monthly, January 1899) New What It Means to Be a Wife, Helen Watterson Moody, (Ladies Home Journal, March 1899) New The True Meaning of Motherhood,Helen Watterson Moody, (Ladies Home Journal, May 1899) New What Women Find to Do all Day (Ladies Home Journal, April 1899) New The Evolution of Woman in the South, Walter Gregory, (Godey's Magazine, October 1897)PART II. THE AWAKENING: A CASE STUDY IN CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM A Critical History of The Awakening Feminist Criticism and The Awakening What Is Feminist Criticism? Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography A Feminist Perspective: Elaine Showalter, Tradition and the Female Talent: The Awakening as a Solitary Book Gender Criticism and The Awakening What Is Gender Criticism? Gender Criticism: A Selected Bibliography A Gender Perspective: New Elizabeth LeBlanc, The Metaphorical Lesbian: Edna Pontellier in The Awakening New Historicism and The Awakening What Is New Historicism? New Historicism: A Selected Bibliography A New Historicist Perspective: Margit Stange, Personal Property: Exchange Value and the Female Self in The Awakening Deconstruction and The Awakening What Is Deconstruction? Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography A Deconstructionist Perspective: Patricia S. Yaeger, "A Language Which Nobody Understood": Emancipatory Strategies in The Awakening Reader-Response and The Awakening What Is Reader-Response Criticism? Reader-Response Criticism: A Selected Bibliography A Reader-Response Perspective: Paula A. Treichler, The Construction of Ambiguity in The Awakening: A Linguistic Analysis New Combining Critical Perspectives: Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Un-utterable Longing: The Discourse of Feminine Sexuality in Kate Chopin's The AwakeningGlossary of Critical and Literary Terms About the Contributors
