Kate Chopin S Private Papers

<p>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<br /><br />An edition of the primarily unpublished papers of Kate Chopin author of the feminist classic The Awakening.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.</p>