The Awakening Hotlist
The following sites provide background and historical context on The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Chopin herself, and themes from the book.
Kate Chopin: A Re-Awakening. Watch a clip from the PBS documentary, read its transcript, view a chronology of Kate’s life, and read the entire book online.
French Creoles in Louisiana: An American Tale. Explore Chopin’s world with a timeline of Louisiana’s history, cultural information about the Creoles, and much more. From Yale University.
Domestic Goddesses. Read a biography and online criticism by grad students.
Explore the Kate Chopin House Museum , including pictures and a biographical sketch.
Literary Traveler: Cloutierville. Kate Chopin’s hometown. Focuses on her life there and the town’s influences on her writing.
Literary Traveler: Grand Isle.
Grand Isle, LA. Pictures!
Encyclopedia of Cajun Culture. What's a fais do-do? How about swamp pop? Find out here.
Timeline of Legal History of Women in the U.S. From the National Women’s History Project.
Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Women Suffrage Association. From the Library of Congress’s American Memory Project.
The Victorian Web. The history of Victorian fashion, religion, women’s history, visual arts, and much more. Includes great pics.
Impromptu of Chopin. Listen to the piece Mademoiselle Reisz plays for Edna.
Wagner's "Isolde Liebestadt" from Tristan und Isolde.
CNN's "Voices from the Gulf Coast."
Videos and photo galleries from Hurrican Katrina, plus stories from survivors and a special feature on the effects of the storm one year after it.
New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau. Brief history of New Orleans, including an archive of news briefs from Hurricane Katrina.
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