Crack Reflector 2 on this page. // Public Domain Ahead of The Awakening's debut, Chopin was at the height of her popularity. Critics praised both of her short story collections, and heralded A Night in Acadie as '.' She was celebrated for her observations and ability to capture 'local color.' Posthumously, her works would continue to be revered as grand examples of American realism at the turn of the century. This literary movement depicted the everyday lives of ordinary, contemporary people with keen and humane observations. THE AWAKENING EARNED NEGATIVE REVIEWS.

Chopin's story of self-discovery and suicide boldly challenged the gender roles of Victorian society. Denounced the novel as 'morbid,' 'feeble,' and 'vulgar.' 'Miss Kate Chopin is another clever woman, but she has put her cleverness to a very bad use in writing The Awakening,' sniffed an anonymous reviewer in the Providence Sunday Journal. 'The purport of the story can hardly be described in language fit for publication. We are fain to believe that Miss Chopin did not herself realize what she was doing when she wrote it.' The Los Angeles Sunday Times scolded, 'It is rather difficult to decide whether Mrs.

Kate Chopin, the author of The Awakening, tried in that novel merely to make an intimate, analytical study of the character of a selfish, capricious woman, or whether she wanted to preach the doctrine of the right of the individual to have what he wants, no matter whether or not it may be good for him.' Perhaps harshest of all was Public Opinion's review, which celebrated Edna's eventual drowning. 'If the author had secured our sympathy for this unpleasant person it would not have been a small victory, but we are well satisfied when Mrs. Pontellier deliberately swims out to her death in the waters of the gulf,' the critic wrote. BUT EVEN CRITICS WHO WERE UNNERVED BY CHOPIN'S PLOT PRAISED HER CRAFT. Frances Porcher, reviewing for The Mirror, lamented that Chopin's novel ultimately left her feeling 'sick of human nature,' but wrote, 'there is no fault to find with the telling of the story; there are no blemishes in its art.' Deyo of the St.

Louis Post-Dispatch acknowledged The Awakening's subversive elements, but argued that its artistry superseded its shock value. 'The theme is difficult, but it is handled with a cunning craft,' Deyo wrote. 'The work is more than unusual. It is unique. The integrity of its art is that of well-knit individuality at one with itself, with nothing superfluous to weaken the impression of a perfect whole.' THE OUTCRY WOUNDED CHOPIN—AND HER CAREER.

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Rockshox Serial Number Year on this page. Despite all the praise her short stories had earned, the critical response to The Awakening crushed Chopin's spirits. Louis Fine Arts Club, which she sought to join, barred her admission because of the scandal. She wrote more short stories but struggled to find publishers. That Chopin's challenge to society's patriarchal status quo in The Awakening 'went too far: Edna's sensuality was too much for the male gatekeepers.' THE AWAKENING WAS CHOPIN'S LAST NOVEL. Five years after its publication, the St.

Louis-born author died after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while she was visiting the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. FOR DECADES, IT SEEMED THAT THE AWAKENING WOULD BE FORGOTTEN. New Soccer Star 4.

Following her death, critics and readers remembered her most often for her short stories. Her legacy remained that of a '; the regional elements of her short stories were valued more highly than The Awakening's theme of female empowerment. APPRECIATION FOR THE AWAKENING GREW IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY. By the early 1960s, was changing the way Americans viewed women and society at large. In 1969, Per Seyersted, a scholar of American literature, secured Chopin's literary legacy by publishing the first edition of her collected works.