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"There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water." |
Honors Edition Reporters, it is your task and your privilege to read about one of America's leading local color writers, Kate Chopin. Kate Chopin scandalized the 19th century and triggered a revolution in the 20th. She set her stories in New Orleans and in the bayous and backwaters of Louisiana - a lush Creole world that awakened desire and longings for freedom. Lost for over half a century, her fiction has been unearthed and rediscovered for our time. |
This extraordinary wife and mother of seven was harshly criticized for her novel, The Awakening, when it first appeared on America's literary scene. The Awakening was published in 1899. It drew a storm of criticism for its "shocking, morbid, and vulgar" story and quickly went out of print. The novel was not resurrected until the 1950s, when its importance was recognized by participants in the growing women's movement. Today The Awakening is among the five most-read American novels in colleges and universities and is considered an early example of American realism. Click on the image to the right to learn about the extraordinary life of this phenomenal, independent woman. Be sure to take notes, your editor will be asking you questions on the life of Chopin as well as on The Awakening. |
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