Heidi M Podlasli-Labrenz

Inspiration and Transcendence in the Fiction of Kate Chopin

Echoes of Nineteenth-Century German Women and Women Writers

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a comprehensive account and a compelling new approach to the impact of German influences on Kate Chopin's fiction. Placed into a broad transatlantic context, it will firmly establish Kate Chopin as one of the first American women writers lingering on the brink of modernity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781666946314
• ISBN-10: 1666946311
• Artikelnr.: 72703254

Autorenporträt

Heidi M. Podlasli-Labrenz has taught at Ball State University in Indiana and the University of Bremen in Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Lynne Tatlock
Preface
Chapter 1: Inspired by a Culture and its Women: Kate Chopin's German
Influences
Chapter 2: Paving the Way: The Influence of German Role Models on Kate
Chopin's Early Short Stories
Chapter 3: The Legacy of Fanny Lewald: Impetus and Influences on the
Literary Work of Kate Chopin
Chapter 4: Moral Awareness and Social Reforms: Aspects of Fanny Lewald's
Socio-Political Treatises in Kate Chopin's Short Stories
Chapter 5: Moving Towards Moral Liberation: Fanny Lewald's Clementine and
the Rebellion of Kate Chopin's Heroines
Chapter 6: Recapturing the Orient: Ida von Hahn-Hahn, Countess Faustina,
and the Mystique of a New Feminine Self in Kate Chopin's "An Egyptian
Cigarette"
Chapter 7: "Moving from the Inside Out": Malwida von Meysenburg and Kate
Chopin's Portrayal of a New Feminine Identity in The Awakening
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author