"Toth and Seyersted's well-organized, carefully edited volume makes available all manuscripts and related items from all archival collections. . . . This volume is essential for American literature collections." —Choice An edition of the primarily unpublished papers of Kate Chopin, author of the feminist classic The Awakening. These papers illuminate the growth of Chopin as a writer, reveal the reactions of critics to her work, and settle a number of controversies in Chopin studies.
Presents an edition of the primarily unpublished papers of author Kate Chopin, including notebooks and diaries, letters, poems, manuscript account books, and miscellaneous documents, statements, music, and illustrations. This book tells about the growth of Chopin as a writer and reveals the reactions of critics to her work.
