{"product_id":"the-awakening","title":"The Awakening","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor's note.\u003c\/strong\u003e I come back to this book every few years, and it reveals something new each time. \u003cem\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/em\u003e is canonical feminist literature, full stop. If it isn't already on your syllabus, consider it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman living in New Orleans at the turn of the century discovers desire, selfhood, and what it costs to want more. First published in 1899, \u003cem\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/em\u003e was met with scandal and near-suppression, then rediscovered by a generation of feminist scholars in the 1960s who recognized it for what it was: one of the most revolutionary American novels ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Chopin wrote Edna Pontellier with a frankness that made her contemporaries deeply uncomfortable. Edna is not redeemed, not punished into submission, not explained away. She simply awakens to her own body, her own mind, her own desires, and follows that awakening wherever it leads. The novel remains one of the most honest portraits of inner life in American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA precursor to Faulkner, O'Connor, Welty, and Williams. Essential reading for courses in American literature, women's studies, and Southern studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWilder Publications edition. 114 pages. Paperback.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44033843298401,"sku":"9781617202414","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0629\/4978\/5697\/files\/2186148f187ebcc298fa1ad8ced78b84.webp?v=1776447849","url":"https:\/\/shop.fpxp.io\/products\/the-awakening","provider":"Inkwell General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}