Against the Pursuit of 'Life's Delirium': Modern Queer Readings of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and Fanny Fern's "Ruth Hall"

Author

Nina Posner, Scripps CollegeFollow

Graduation Year

2017

Document Type

Open Access Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

English

Reader 1

Thomas Koenigs

Reader 2

Warren Liu

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© 2017 Nina A. Posner

Abstract

This essay explores modern queer readings of The Awakening and Ruth Hall, with an emphasis on feeling, time, femininity, and maternity.

Recommended Citation

Posner, Nina, "Against the Pursuit of 'Life's Delirium': Modern Queer Readings of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and Fanny Fern's "Ruth Hall"" (2017). Scripps Senior Theses. 898.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/898