Chopin, Kate O'flaherty Can't find what you want? Ask your question here Home Internet Forum Medical Automotive Popular Articles ... Latest Articles Encyclopedia Dictionary Famous Quotes Countries Computing Browse: A B C D ... American Literature: Biographies Chopin, Kate O'flaherty Related Category: American Literature: Biographies (sh Bayou Folk (1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897), earned her a reputation as a local colorist, but her novel The Awakening (1899) caused a storm of criticism because of its treatment of feminine sexuality. In depicting objectively a woman's confused groping toward self-understanding and self-acceptance, Chopin seemed to threaten the mores of her time although she did not explicitly attack them. Largely ignored for the next 60 years, her work is now praised for its literary merit as well as for its remarkable independence of mind and feeling. See her complete works, ed. by P. Seyersted (2 vol., 1969) and ed. by S. M. Gilbert (2002); her private papers, ed. by E. Toth et al. (1998); T. Bonner, Jr., The Kate Chopin Companion (1988); biographies by E. Toth (1988 and 1999). | |
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