The Awakening

图书标准信息

• 作者 Kate Chopin（凯特·肖邦） 著；Marilynne Robinson（玛里琳·罗宾逊） 绘
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 1985-04
• ISBN 9780553213300
• 定价 21.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Firstpublishedin1899,thisbeautiful,briefnovelsodisturbedcriticsandthepublicthatitwasbanishedfordecadesafterward.Nowwidelyreadandadmired,TheAwakeninghasbeenhailedasanearlyvisionofwoman'semancipation.Thissensuousbooktellsofawoman'sabandonmentofherfamily,herseduction,andherawakeningtodesiresandpassionsthatthreatedtoconsumerher.Originallyentitled"ASolitarySoul,"thisportraitoftwenty-eight-year-oldEdnaPontellierisalandmarkinAmericanfiction,rootedfirmlyintheromantictraditionofHermanMelvilleandEmilyDickinson.Here,awomaninsearchofself-discoveryturnsawayfromconventionandsociety,andtowardtheprimal,fromconventionandsociety,andtowardtheprimal,irresistiblyattractedtonatureandthesensesTheAwakening,KateChopin'slastnovel,hasbeenpraisedbyEdmundWilsonas"beautifullywritten."AndWillaCatherdescribeditsstyleas"exquisite,""sensitive,"and"iridescent."ThiseditionofTheAwakeningalsoincludesaselectionofshortstoriesbyKateChopin.

"Thisseemstomeahigherorderoffeminismthanrepeatingthestoryofwomanasvictim...KateChopingivesherfemaleprotagonistthecentralrole,normallyreservedforMan,inameditationonidentityandculture,consciousnessandart."

【作者简介】

KateChopin(1850–1904)wasborninSt.Louis.ShemovedtoLouisianawhereshewrotetwonovelsandnumerousstories.BecauseTheAwakeningwaswidelycondemned,publicationofChopin’sthirdstorycollectionwascancelled.TheAwakeningwasrediscoveredbyscholarsinthe1960sand1970sandisherbest-knownwork.