The Awakening Contributor(s): Chopin, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 1539520390 ISBN-13: 9781539520399 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" L (0.44 lbs) 128 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 15836 Reading Level: 8.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
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Publisher Description: "The voice of the sea speaks to the soul." --- Kate Chopin, The Awakening The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American 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 a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics. 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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