A collection of essays exploring the women's issues depicted in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening," with background information about the author, historical and contemporary views on women's issues, and a time line of the author's life and work.
Examines suicide from the perspective of literature to see how and why it colors the imaginative world of creative people, beginning with a memoir of writer Sylvia Plath who killed herself by laying down in front of a gas oven, and discussing the author's own flirtation with self-inflicted death.
Explores a work of literature through the lens of the major social issues reflected in The Awakening. Also features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives.
Contains essays that explore the issue of suicide in Arthur Miller's 1949 drama "Death of a Salesman," and includes background on the author, as well as contemporary perspectives on suicide.
