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The Awakening

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Awakening
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kate Chopin
Introduction by Dr Deirdre Osborne
SeriesFoundations of Feminist Fiction
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 130
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781804172438
ClassificationsDewey:813.4
Audience
General
Illustrations 3 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Flame Tree Publishing
Imprint Flame Tree Publishing
Publication Date 23 August 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Now recognised as a pioneering exploration of gender freedom, from an era when female agency was rare and shocking. Written in the late Victorian era The Awakening features a young woman who flings aside the norms of society and rejects her role as wife and mother. She abandons her family for a hedonistic and contrarian lifestyle before eventually committing suicide. The novel deals with the issues of interracial marriage and contains passages of overt sexuality, both of which contributed to the widespread outcry upon its original publication in 1899. Today it is seen as a portent of the future and admired for its direct and naturalistic style. Flame Tree 451 presents a new series, The Foundations of Feminist Fiction. The early 1900s saw a quiet revolution in literature dominated by male adventure heroes. Both men and women moved beyond the norms of the male gaze to write from a different gender perspective, sometimes with female protagonists, but also expressing the universal freedom to write on any subject whatsoever. Each book features a brand new biography and a new glossary of Literary, Gothic and Victorian terms. AUTHOR: Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty (1851 1904) was an American novelist and short-story writer and an advocate of New Orleans life and culture. After her husband died in 1882, she began to write about the people of the South. Her first novel was At Fault (1890), but she wrote over 100 short stories, including 'Desiree's Baby' and 'Madame Celestin's Divorce'. Her preoccupation with the freedom of women laid the foundations for feminist literature of later generations.

Author Biography

Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty (1851-1904) was an American novelist and short-story writer and an advocate of New Orleans life and culture. After her husband died in 1882, she began to write about the people of the South. Her first novel was At Fault (1890), but she wrote over 100 short stories, including 'Desiree's Baby' and 'Madame Celestin's Divorce'. Her preoccupation with the freedom of women laid the foundations for feminist literature of later generations.