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The Awakening
A Literary Fiction Novel by Kate Chopin
Subgenres:
- Women's Fiction,
- Marriage-in-Crisis,
- New Orleans
This book is for you if you're into...
- Annotated classics with deep dives into historical context
- Critical essays and primary sources on gender and marriage in literature
This Norton Critical Edition includes the annotated text of Kate Chopin’s modernist novel of marital infidelity, set in New Orleans and Grande Isle, Louisiana.
It features a preface, a critical essay, and explanatory annotations by Margo Culley. The edition also contains essays by Chopin biographers Per Seyersted and Emily Toth, an “Etiquette/Advice Book Sampler” with selections from the conduct books of the period, and contemporary perspectives on womanhood, motherhood, and marriage.
Additionally, there are forty-five reviews and interpretive essays on The Awakening spanning three centuries, a chronology of Chopin’s life and work, and an updated selected bibliography.
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, analyze, 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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