In this indispensable volume, fourteen intellectually compelling essays consider Kate Chopin's life and art from a variety of critical perspectives, biographical, New Historicist, materialist, poststructuralist, feminist, with several of the pieces focusing on Chopin's classic novel, The Awakening."" A worthwhile collection of essays offering usefully eclectic critical perspectives of Chopin and her work."" - Mississippi Quarterly

In this indispensable volume, fourteen intellectually compelling essays consider Kate Chopin's life and art from a variety of critical perspectives, biographical, New Historicist, materialist, poststructuralist, feminist, with several of the pieces focusing on Chopin's classic novel, The Awakening."" A worthwhile collection of essays offering usefully eclectic critical perspectives of Chopin and her work."" - Mississippi Quarterly