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This list introduces readers to the lives and works of the authors Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Updated on Mar 01, 12
Created on Dec 21, 09
Category: Entertainment & Arts
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To get started, read this biography of Kate Chopin maintained by the editors of The Heath Anthology of American Literature.
Read this copy of Chopin's short story "A Respectable Woman" from her 1897 short story collection A Night in Acadie published by Way & Williams. The story begins on page 389 and concludes on page 396.
Read this version of the Chopin short story "Desiree's Baby" from her 1894 short story collection Bayou Folk. It begins on page 147 and continues through 158.
Please read this version of Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour".
After reading this version, continue with the list to see a study text of the story with additional information and study questions.
Read this study text of "The Story of an Hour" for more ideas and questions about it. This page was created by Prof. Ann Woodlief at Virginia Commonwealth University.
To begin our discussion of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, read this biography maintained by the editors of The Heath Anthology of American Literature.
Read this copy of the 1899 edition of Gilman's short story "The Yellow Wall-Paper". The page is maintained by the University of Virginia. The next spot on the list includes a study text of this same story with discussion questions.
This study text of the "The Yellow Wall-Paper" by Marty Brooks of Virginia Commonwealth University offers some insightful questions and suggestions when reading the story.
Read this short article by Gilman explaining the context for "The Yellow Wall-paper". This page is maintained by Prof. Catherine Lavender at the College of Staten Island.
For a good feminist reading of "The Yellow Wall-paper" take a look at this 2010 interview from the _The Boston Globe_ newspaper. Thanks to student Kelley Carlson for bringing this to my attention.
10 items | 217 visits
This list introduces readers to the lives and works of the authors Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Updated on Mar 01, 12
Created on Dec 21, 09
Category: Entertainment & Arts
URL: