Kate Chopin's The awakening / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904. Awakening.

Chopin, Kate.

New Orleans (La.)--In literature.

New Orleans (La.).

Sex role in literature.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

90 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Awakening

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, [2008]

Summary:

Edited and introduced by Yale University professor and distinguished literary critic Harold Bloom, Bloom's Guides is a collection of comprehensive study guides for both students and adults. Emphasizing summary and analysis, these guides are designed to provide the necessary materials with which readers can gain a better understanding of the most widely read works in Western literature.

Contents:

The Story Behind the Story 12

List of Characters 16

Summary and Analysis 20

Critical Views 36

Dorothy Dix on Unselfishness 36

Percival Pollard Questions the Seriousness of Edna's Passion 38

Cyrille Arnavon on the Worthiness of The Awakening 40

Kenneth Eble on Chopin's Virtues as a Writer 43

Stanley Kauffmann Praises The Awakening for Its Originality 46

Cynthia Griffin Wolff on the Psychological Aspects of Edna's Life 48

Lawrence Thornton on Edna's Inevitable Failure 51

Sandra M. Gilbert on Edna As an Aphrodite Figure 55

Rosemary F. Franklin on Mythical Elements in Edna's Story 57

Barbara H. Solomon on Characters as Foils to Edna 59

Elizabeth Ammons on White Liberation/Black Oppression in The Awakening 63

Margo Culley on the Social/Historical Background of The Awakening 66

Kathryn Lee Seidel on Edna's Painting 69

Margit Stange on the Concept of Self-Ownership 72

Emily Toth on Misreading The Awakening 75.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-81) and index.

ISBN:

9780791097915

0791097919

OCLC:

181910145