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New Essays on The Awakening
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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New Essays on The Awakening
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Wendy Martin
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| Series | The American Novel |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:164 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - general |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521314459
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| Classifications | Dewey:813/.4 813.4 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | General | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
29 July 1988 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
When The Awakening was first published in 1899 it was an extraordinarily controversial book. One of the first American novels to concern itself with themes of adultery and divorce, it was widely attacked as 'vulgar' and 'unhealthy'. In her introduction to this collection, Wendy Martin discusses the historical background of the novel and analyses the heroine's evolution from a role of traditional femininity to one of autonomous individualism. The essays that follow explore other central themes of the novel, as well as locating Chopin in the tradition of American women novelists and discussing her status as a pre-modernist writer.
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