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Kate Chopin (1851-1904) was born and raised in St. Louis. Chopin spent the years after her marriage in Louisiana as a society matron and mother of six. Business setbacks and the death of her husband in 1883 led her to assume control of the family business. Subsequently devoting herself to writing, she published short stories in magazines along with a novel, The Awakening (1899), now considered a formative work of female self-assertion. At the time, however, this work, like some of her short stories, was condemned for its highly charged eroticism and it guiltless adultery. Major works by Chopin At Fault (1890) Chopin and the Web This is a good starting point: the homepage of "Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening" from Louisiana Public Broadcasting. This page from PAL has photos, bibliographies, a brief summary of The Awakening, and some study questions. |