The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics. The novel's blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psycho¬logical complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway and echoes the works of contemporaries such as Edith Wharton and Henry James. It can also be considered among the first Southern works in a tradition that would culminate with the modern master¬pieces of Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter, and Tennessee Williams.
Awakening (Wisehouse Classics - Original Authoritative Edition 1899)
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Author: Chopin, Kate
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9789176374023
Details:
Author: Chopin, Kate
Brand: Wisehouse Classics
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 96
Release Date: 20-09-2017
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9789176374023
