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The Awakening

A Norton Critical Edition
By Kate Chopin
Series: Norton Critical Editions
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a modernist novel exploring marital infidelity, set amidst the evocative backdrop of New Orleans and Grande Isle, Louisiana. The story delves into themes of personal freedom, societal expectations, and the constraints placed on women in the late nineteenth century.
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This Norton Critical Edition is ideal for undergraduate students and educators seeking a thorough understanding of The Awakening. It includes extensive annotations, critical essays, historical context, and a wide range of interpretive perspectives spanning three centuries, making it valuable for those studying literature, gender studies, and cultural history.

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The Awakening

This perennial favourite Norton Critical Edition of Kate Chopin’s modernist novel of marital infidelity is now available in a new edition.

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This Norton Critical Edition includes:

The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a modernist novel of marital infidelity, set in New Orleans and Grande Isle, Louisiana. This edition features the annotated text of the novel.

A preface, a critical essay, and explanatory annotations by Margo Culley enrich the reading experience.

It includes essays by acclaimed Chopin biographers Per Seyersted and Emily Toth, along with "An Etiquette/Advice Book Sampler" with selections from the conduct books of the period, and contemporary perspectives on womanhood, motherhood, and marriage.

Forty-five reviews and interpretive essays on The Awakening spanning three centuries are included to deepen understanding.

A Chronology of Chopin's life and work, along with an updated Selected Bibliography, are also provided.

About the Series

Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts, and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyse, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393617313

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 July 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: Third Edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by Margo Culley

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 316g

Pages: 384

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Classic Fiction Education & Reference General Fiction Kate Chopin Literary Fiction Non-Fiction Series: Norton Critical Editions

About the Author

Kate Chopin was born on February 8, 1850, to an affluent family in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1870, she moved with her husband to his native New Orleans. Chopin began her literary career at the age of thirty-six, as a recently widowed mother of six. From 1890 to 1897, Chopin published her first novel, At Fault, and nearly one hundred short stories, collected in Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie. Chopin’s stories were widely read, appearing in leading magazines of the day. Her most famous novel, The Awakening, faced wide condemnation upon its release in 1899 for its morally ambivalent subject matter. It has since become recognized as an essential work of early feminist fiction. Kate Chopin died on August 22, 1904. Margo Culley is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is the editor of American Women’s Autobiography: Fea(s)ts of Memory and A Day at a Time: Diary Literature of American Women, and co-editor of Women’s Personal Narratives: Essays in Criticism and Pedagogy and Gendered Subjects: The Dynamics of Feminist Teaching. She teaches courses in American studies, women’s studies, and ethnic studies.

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