this title The Awakening is also one of the most important novels written by an American woman in the 19th century, perhaps second only to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in terms of historical and social significance.When it was first published it was attacked for its frank depictions of female sexuality but has since been cited by critics and scholars as one of the most influential American novels ever written.It is also widely viewed as a significant work of early feminism (although feminism did not exist as a ...
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this title The Awakening is also one of the most important novels written by an American woman in the 19th century, perhaps second only to Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in terms of historical and social significance.When it was first published it was attacked for its frank depictions of female sexuality but has since been cited by critics and scholars as one of the most influential American novels ever written.It is also widely viewed as a significant work of early feminism (although feminism did not exist as a cohesive movement or literary genre at that time).The novel's blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor to literary modernism, foreshadowing the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway, and echoes works by contemporaries such as Edith Wharton. and Henry James
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