The Awakening
by Kate Chopin

To find information about Kate Chopin and her work, try some of the following sources:

Literature Resource Center

This online database includes biographical and critical information about Kate Chopin and The Awakening drawn from standard reference books such as Contemporary Authors, Dictionary of Literary Biography and Contemporary Literary Criticism . (SRJC User Name and PIN required for off-campus use.)

Twayne's Authors Series

This database offers biographical information on Kate Chopin as well as detailed discussions of her works. Chapter 8 deals with The Awakening.

InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP

InfoTrac Expanded Academic ASAP contains citations to magazine and journal articles on many topics. A search on "chopin kate" (not "kate chopin") will locate numerous articles in online magazines as well as magazines held in the SRJC libraries.

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Books, Articles and Films on Library Reserve for the WOLM

A collection of books and journal articles about Kate Chopin and The Awakening have been placed on reserve in the SRJC libraries for the WOLM project. In addition, several films related to Chopin and her works maybe be viewed in the SRJC libraries. In the Plover Library, ask for books and articles at the Reserve Books window; ask for films at the Media Services window. In the Mahoney Library, ask for books, articles or films at the Circulation Desk.

Web Sites on Kate Chopin and Her Work

• The Awakening (full text)
• The Awakening (full text in one page for easy printing)
• Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening (PBS)
  Transcript and interviews from a PBS TV program, as well as the text of some of Chopin's stories and links to other websites on the author. Enhancements offer background information on related topics such as Chopin's Catholic and family influences, her relationship with New Orleans, Degas and African-Americans, racial unrest and ethnic division in New Orleans, Chopin's sense of style, and more.
• The Awakening: Some Contemporary Responses
  Responses to Chopin's work by her own contemporaries
• About.com's Kate Chopin Links
• Internet Public Library - Online Literary Criticism Collection
  • Kate Chopin
  • The Awakening
• Study Notes on Kate Chopin's The Awakening
• Kate Chopin; The Awakening
  Includes background information on national issues, art and music, women's issues and the New Orleans area. Prepared by students at City College, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, Spring 1999
• Exploring Kate Chopin's The Awakening
• Lu, Li-Dai. The Awakened One: A Buddhist Reading of Kate Chopin's The Awakening

Web Sites on New Orleans and Creole Culture

• French Creoles in Louisiana: An American Tale by Harriet J. Bauman.
  From the Yale-New Haven Teachers' Institute. Brief background information on Creole culture, including family, clothing, pleasures and pastimes, music, customs, language and more.
• Louisiana's Traditional Cultures (See "New Orleans" section.)
• The People and Culture of New Orleans
• New Orleans Architectural Types
  From the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, photos of different styles of cottages and houses
• Folklife in Louisiana; Lousiana's Living Traditions

Web Sites on Women in the Nineteenth Century

• Women's History: Nineteenth Century

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