The Awakening

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Awakening
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kate Chopin
Volume editor Nancy A. Walker
SeriesCase Studies in Contemporary Criticism
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:364
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 140
Category/GenreLiterary essays
Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780333914397
ClassificationsDewey:813.4
Audience
A / AS level
Undergraduate
General
Edition 2nd Revised edition
Illustrations illustrations, glossary

Publishing Details

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date 8 May 2000
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This revision of a widely adopted critical edition presents the 1969 Seyersted text of Kate Chopin's novel along with critical essays that introduce students to "The Awakening" from the perspectives of feminism, new historicism, psychoanalysis, deconstruction and cultural studies. An additional essay demonstrates how various approaches can be combined together. The text and essays are complemented by introductions to "The Awakening" and to the criticism, a glossary of critical terms, and contextual documents.

Author Biography

NANCY A. WALKER is Professor of English at Vanderbilt University.