The Awakening - Couverture souple

Chopin, Kate; Day, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486277860 ISBN 13 : 9780486277868

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2001

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"The Awakening is not only one of the most important novels in the history of American women's writing, it is an acknowledged American masterpiece. Edna Pontellier is an American Emma Bovary, deeply dissatisfied by the restricted possibilities available to a middle-class white woman in the 1890s. Rejecting her society's sexual norms and seeking a more fulfilling life, she is eventually destroyed by the limitations she cannot overcome, but along the way Chopin offers a compelling portrait of female experience, one of the first of its kind. Recognized as being as important a literary protest against the treatment of women as Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' The Awakening is taught at universities and schools across the US, and is overdue for equal recognition outside of its native shores. It is great news that Canongate is bringing The Awakening to the British reading public at last" (SARAH CHURCHWELL)

"Incisive, brilliant and haunting" (MAGGIE O'FARRELL)

"Chopin's deceptively slight novel is the kind of book revolutions are made of . . . Reissued with a forward by Barbara Kingsolver, this angry, eye-opening novel is well worth adding to your reading list" (Harper's Bazaar)

"Even more powerful than I remembered" (MARGARET DRABBLE)

"A Creole Bovary is this little novel of Miss Chopin's" (WILLA CATHER)

"Chopin's slight, brittle and fierce novel became a classic and a cult, shocking readers with its candid and unsentimental portrait of marital infidelity . . . it remains delicately bitter and acidly angry" (Observer)

"Sometimes bold, fearless writing really does have to wait for 'someone in some future time' for readers yet to come. Sleeping Beauties, once awakened, will always serve a contemporary agenda. But Chopin's The Awakening is now justly regarded as an American classic and read with passion and delight" (Literary Review) --Kate Chopin

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Edna Pontellier struggles with her role as a housewife, and yearns for social freedom. Her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood fuel her desires and passion, despite the prevailing social attitudes of the South. On a quest of self discovery, Edna flees her domestic role in search of love and spiritual freedom in a world that isn’t ready for her. The Awakening is one of the earliest novels that focuses on women’s issues without condescension. The novel was particularly controversial upon publication because Chopin didn’t condemn Edna’s desire for an affair. Instead, Chopin focused on human behaviour and the complexities of social structures while exploring the banalities of everyday life and the consequences of social norms.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0486277860
• ISBN 13: 9780486277868
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128