The Story Behind the Story
Dorothy Dix on Unselfishness
Percival Pollard Questions the Seriousness of Edna's Passion
Cyrille Arnavon on the Worthiness of The Awakening
Kenneth Eble on Chopin's Virtues as a Writer
Stanley Kauffmann Praises The Awakening for Its Originality
Cynthia Griffin Wolff on the Psychological Aspects of Edna's Life
Lawrence Thornton on Edna's Inevitable Failure
Sandra M. Gilbert on Edna As an Aphrodite Figure
Rosemary F. Franklin on Mythical Elements in Edna's Story
Barbara H. Solomon on Characters as Foils to Edna
Elizabeth Ammons on White Liberation/Black Oppression in The Awakening
Margo Culley on the Social/Historical Background of The Awakening
Kathryn Lee Seidel on Edna's Painting
Margit Stange on the Concept of Self-Ownership
Emily Toth on Misreading The Awakening
