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description: In 1969, Per Seyersted gave the world the first collected works of Kate Chopin. Seyersted's presentation of Chopin's writings and biographical and bibliographical information led to the rediscovery and celebration of this turn-of-the-century author. Newsweek hailed the two-volume opus"In story after story and in all her novels, Kate Chopin's oracular feminism and prophetic psychology almost outweigh her estimable literary talents. Her revival is both interesting and timely." Now for the first time, Seyersted's Complete Works is available in a single-volume paperback. It is the first and only paperback edition of Chopin's total oeuvre. Containing twenty poems, ninety-six stories, two novels, and thirteen essaysin short, everything Chopin wrote except several additional poems and three unfinished children's storiesas well as Seyersted's original revelatory introduction and Edmund Wilson's foreword, this anthology is both a historical and a literary achievement. It is ideal for anyone who wishes to explore the pleasures of reading this highly acclaimed author. AUTHOR BIO: Per Seyersted also published in 1969 Kate Chopin: A Critical Biography, which remains in print. He lived from 1921-2005 and was a professor of American literature at the University of Oslo.Wiser than a god --A point at issue! --Miss Witherwell's mistake --With the violin --Mrs. Mobry's reason --A no-account Creole --For Marse Chouchoute --The going away of Liza --The maid of Saint Phillippe --A wizard from Gettysburg --A shameful affair --A rude awakening --A harbinger --Doctor Chevalier's lie --A very fine fiddle --Boulôt and Boulotte --Love on the Bon-Dieu --An embarrassing position : comedy in one act --Beyond the Bayou --After the winter --The Bênitous' slave --A turkey hunt --Old Aunt Peggy --The lilies --Ripe figs --Croque-Mitaine --A little free-Mulatto --Miss McEnders --Loka --At the 'Cadian Ball --A visit to Avoyelles --Ma'ame Pélagie --Désirée's baby --Caline --The return of Alcibiade --In and out of old Natchitoches --Mamouche --Madame Célestin's divorce --An idle fellow --A matter of prejudice --Azélie --A lady of Bayou St. John --La Belle Zoraide --At Chênière Caminada --A gentleman of Bayou Teche --In Sabine --A respectable woman --Tante Cat'rinette --A Dresden lady in Dixie --The story of an hour --Lilacs --The night came slowly --Juanita --Cavanelle --Regret --The kiss --Ozème's holiday --A sentimental soul --Her letters --Odalie misses Mass --Polydore --Dead men's shoes --Athénaïse --Two summers and two souls --The unexpected --Two portraits --Fedora --Vagabonds --Madame Martel's Christmas Eve --The recovery --A night in Acadie --A pair of silk stockings --Nég Créol. v. 2. Aunt Lympy's interference --The blind man --A vocation and a voice --A mental suggestion --Suzette --The locket --A morning walk --An Egyptian cigarette --A family affair --Elizabeth Stock's one story --The storm --The godmother --A little country girl --A reflection --Ti Démon --A December day in Dixie --The gentleman from New Orleans --Charlie --The white eagle --The wood-choppers --Polly --The impossible Miss Meadows --Essays and comments : The Western Association of Writers --"Crumbling idols" by Hamlin Garland --The real Edwin Booth --Emile Zola's "Lourdes" --Confidences --In the confidence of a story-writer --As you like it (a series of essays): I. "I have a young friend ..." ; II. "It has lately been ..." ; III: "Several years ago ..." ; IV. "A while ago ..." ; V. "A good many of us ..." ; VI. "We are told ..." --On certain brisk, bright days. v. 2 (continued). Poems: If it might be --Psyche's lament --The song everlasting --You and I --It matters all --In dreams throughout the night --Good night --If some day --To Carrie B. --To Hider Schuyler --To "Billy" with a box of cigars --To Mrs. R. --Let the night go --There's music enough --An ecstasy of madness --I wanted God --The haunted chamber --Life --Because --To the friend of my youth : to Kitty --Novels: At fault --The awakening.
language: English
title: The Complete Works of Kate Chopin
titlecomplete: The Complete Works of Kate Chopin (Southern Literary Studies)
genres: Classics, Novels, Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry
ratings_count: 52
publisher: LSU Press