Kate Chopin

"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." -- Barbara C. Ewell, Loyola University, New Orleans "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." -- Laurie Champion, Sul Ross 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

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.

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.