SOURCE: Thornton, Lawrence. “The Awakening: A Political Romance.” In Unbodied Hope: Narcissism and the Modern Model, pp. 63-80. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1984.
In the following essay, Thornton examines Edna Pontellier's growing awareness of politics in Creole society in The Awakening.
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