Kate Chopin's Private Papers - by Emily Toth & Per Seyersted (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>These papers illuminate the growth of Chopin as a writer, reveal the reactions of critics to her work, and settle a number of controversies in Chopin studies.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Toth and Seyersted's well-organized, carefully edited volume makes available all manuscripts and related items from all archival collections. . . . This volume is essential for American literature collections. --Choice</p><p>An edition of the primarily unpublished papers of Kate Chopin, author of the feminist classic The Awakening. These papers illuminate the growth of Chopin as a writer, reveal the reactions of critics to her work, and settle a number of controversies in Chopin studies.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Kate Chopin, according to her contemporaries, was a "woman of mysterious fascination" - and Kate Chopin's Private Papers reveals many of the author's secrets. Chopin (1850-1904), author of about a hundred short stories and two novels (The Awakening and At Fault), also kept diaries, wrote letters and poems, translated short stories and articles from the French, and worried about her career. Chopin's newly discovered manuscripts, published for the first time here, reflect her dedication to revision and improving her craft; her manuscript account books show her meticulous control of her career and her pursuit of audiences. These papers illuminate the growth of Chopin as a writer, bring into focus the reactions of critics to her work, and settle a number of controversies in Chopin studies.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Emily Toth, Professor of English at Louisiana State University, is the author of _Kate Chopin: A Life_; editor of Chopin's _A Vocation and a<br/>Voice_: and creator of _Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia._</p><p>Per Seyersted, Professor Emeritus at the University of Oslo, is the author of _Kate Chopin: a Critical Biography_ and editor of _The Complete Works of Kate Chopin_.</p><p>Cheyenne Bonnell, who has taught at universities in Pennsylvania and Wyoming, writes on Victorian Literature.
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