Women and Autonomy in Kate Chopin’s Short Fiction
©2005
Monographs
X,
158 Pages
Series:
Modern American Literature, Volume 45
Summary
Women and Autonomy in Kate Chopin’s Short Fiction offers close readings of some thirty stories – Chopin’s most significant short works – the majority of which have never received analytical scrutiny. These works, predominantly grim, portray the difficulties women confront as they seek autonomy in a social framework that typically constrains them whether they are married, in the midst of courtship, or seeking to live independently. This groundbreaking book makes it apparent that Chopin’s short fiction is no less significant than her famous novel, The Awakening, and that her stories also provide a valuable context for that work.
Details
- Pages
- X, 158
- Publication Year
- 2005
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820474427
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Chopin, Kate Frau (Motiv) Kurzepik
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2005. XI, 158 pp.
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