The Awakening: A Norton Critical Edition

The Awakening: A Norton Critical Edition

<p><strong><em>“I have used the Norton Critical Editions since graduate school. As a teacher of high-school literature, I find them to be excellent resources for the study of various novels, plays, etc."</em>―Brooke Gifford, <em>Vincent Middle High School</em></strong></p><p>This Norton Critical Edition includes:</p><p><br /> • The annotated text of Kate Chopin’s modernist novel of marital infidelity, set in New Orleans and Grande Isle, Louisiana.<br /> • A preface, a critical essay, and explanatory annotations by Margo Culley.<br /> • Essays by acclaimed Chopin biographers Per Seyersted and Emily Toth, “An Etiquette/Advice Book Sampler” with selections from the conduct books of the period, and contemporary perspectives on womanhood, motherhood, and marriage.<br /> • Forty-five reviews and interpretive essays on <em>The Awakening</em> spanning three centuries.<br /> • A Chronology of Chopin’s life and work and an updated Selected Bibliography.<br /><br /></p><strong>About the Series</strong><br /><br /> Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format―annotated text, contexts, and criticism―helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.<br />