Kate Chopin: An Annotated Bibliography of Critical Works

by David J. Caudle, Suzanne Disheroon-Green

Overview

Kate Chopin has emerged as one of the most significant American writers of the nineteenth century. Though her works typically reflect the language and customs of the Louisiana of her memories, they also make universal comments about women, men, and human relationships. Best known as the author of The Awakening (1899), she also wrote nearly a hundred short stories, essays, poems, reviews, and a play. While the contemporary response to her works was sometimes negative, much recent critical debate concerns her lasting place in the American literary canon, with some scholars placing The Awakening on the same level as Melville's Moby-Dick.

The last thirty years have witnessed heightened interest in Chopin's works. This bibliography provides a comprehensive survey of critical work on Chopin published between 1976 and 1998, with some coverage of 1999. Included are annotated entries for books, articles, dissertations, biographical studies, and bibliographical works. Extensive indexes offer easy access to the entries. In addition, the volume includes a biographical sketch, a review of trends in Chopin scholarship, and a textual history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313304248
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/30/1999
Series:	Bibliographies and Indexes in Women's Studies , #28
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

About the Author

Suzanne Disheroon Green is assistant professor of American literature at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. She has published numerous articles on Kate Chopin, that have appeared in such jourbanals as Southern Studies and the CEA Critic.

David J. Caudle is a PhD candidate at the University of North Texas, where he is studying literature and linguistics. He has published and presented papers on the American regional novel, Kate Chopin and her works, and the linguistic analysis of literature.

Table of Contents

Preface
Kate Chopin's Life and Literary Career by Emily Toth
Where Are We Going? Where Have We Been? Twenty Years of Chopin Criticism by Suzanne Disheroon Green
The Fall and Rise of Kate Chopin and Her Works by David J. Caudle
Annotated Bibliographic Entries
Indices

What People are Saying About This

Laurie Champion

"Meticulously documented, well organized, and absolutely thorough in its approach, Kate Chopin: An Annotated Bibliography of Critical Works, will make scholars feel as though they have entered a library dedicated exclusively to Chopin. Green and Caudle's annotations are precise, concise, and very well written. This reference book is absolutely essential for scholars interested in Chopin, American literature, or feminist studies. It belongs in every college and university library and in every American literature scholar's personal collection."

Anne Ervin Rowe: Professor of English and Associate Dean: Florida State University

^IKate Chopin: An Annotated Bibliography of Critical Works^R…is an excellent addition to Chopin bibliography….Readers today are fortunate not only to have access to Chopin's work, but also to have available the excellent and useful guide to the literary scholarship provided by Green and Caudle…Its easy to use format and succinct but thorough annotations make the vast amount of Chopin scholarship accessible to scholars and the general reader.

Anne Ervin Rowe^LProfessor of English and Associate Dean^LFlorida State University

^IKate Chopin: An Annotated Bibliography of Critical Works^R…is an excellent addition to Chopin bibliography….Readers today are fortunate not only to have access to Chopin's work, but also to have available the excellent and useful guide to the literary scholarship provided by Green and Caudle…Its easy to use format and succinct but thorough annotations make the vast amount of Chopin scholarship accessible to scholars and the general reader.

Anne Ervin Rowe Professor of English and Associate Dean Florida State University

Kate Chopin: An Annotated Bibliography of Critical Works…is an excellent addition to Chopin bibliography….Readers today are fortunate not only to have access to Chopin's work, but also to have available the excellent and useful guide to the literary scholarship provided by Green and Caudle…Its easy to use format and succinct but thorough annotations make the vast amount of Chopin scholarship accessible to scholars and the general reader.

Barbara C. Ewell

"Green and Caudle have produced an indispensable resource for all students of Chopin and of American literature. This well-organized and carefully researched volume and the expanding scholarship it chronicles should evaporate any lingering doubts about the importance of Kate Chopin's work in the American literary canon. A must-have for the serious Chopin scholar."

Editorial Reviews

Recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above.” —Choice

“[A]n especially accessible tool.” —The Southern Quarterly

From the Publisher

Beginning in 1976 when Marlene Springer's leaves off, provides scholars, students, and others an overview of recent criticism of US writer Chopin's (1851-1904) work. Paragraph-long descriptions accompany citations of primary texts, biographies, bibliographies, critical books and journal articles, essays in edited volumes, and dissertations. Books in preparation and soon to appear are also listed. Green (American literature, Northwestern State U., Natchitoches, Louisiana) offers the essay Where Are We Going? Where Have We Been? Twenty Years of Chopin Criticism; and Caudle (literature and linguistics, U. of North Texas) another on the Fall and Rise of Kate Chopin and Her Works. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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