CRITICISM

Beer, Janet. “‘Dah you Is, Settin' Down, Lookin' Jis' Like W'ite Folks!’: Ethnicity Enacted in Kate Chopin's Short Fiction.” In Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 24-39. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England: Macmillan Press Ltd., 1997.

Attempts to demonstrate that “Chopin's Louisiana is a post-colonial rather than an American post-bellum society. …”

Boren, Lynda S. and Sara deSaussure Davis, eds. Kate Chopin Reconsidered: Beyond the Bayou, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1992, 248 p.

Collection of essays on Chopin's novels and short stories.

Branscomb, Jack. “Chopin's ‘Ripe Figs.’” The Explicator 52, no. 3 (spring 1994): 165-66.

Discusses the importance of time in “Ripe Figs.”

Foster, Derek W. and Kris LeJeune. “‘Stand by Your Man …’: Desirée Valmonde and Feminist Standpoint Theory in Kate Chopin's ‘Desirée's Baby’.” Southern Studies VIII, no. nos. 1-2 (winter-spring 1997): 91-7.

Contends that the character of Desirée in “Desirée's Baby” “is an example of someone who practices standpoint theory.”

Llewellyn, Dara. “Reader Activation of Boundaries in Kate Chopin's ‘Beyond the Bayou’.” Studies in Short Fiction 33, no. 2 (spring 1996): 225-62.

Analyzes various boundaries in “Beyond the Bayou.”

Morgan-Proux, Catherine. “Athena of Goose? Kate Chopin's Ironical Treatment of Motherhood in ‘Athénaïse.’” Southern Studies 4, no. 4 (winter 1993): 625-40.

Argues that Chopin's apparent glorification of childbirth and motherhood in the story “Athénaïse” is ironic.

Peel, Ellen. “Semiotic Subversion in ‘Désirée's Baby.’” American Literature 62, no. 2 (June 1990): 223-37.

Provides a semiotic and political interpretation of “Désirée's Baby.”

Petry, Alice Hall, ed. Critical Essays on Kate Chopin (1996): 257 p.

Compilation of critical essays.

Seay, Geraldine H. “Kate Chopin's Source for ‘At the 'Cadian Ball’.” Southern Studies VIII, no. nos. 1-2 (winter-spring 1997): 37-42.

Identifies several sources for “At the 'Cadian Ball.”

Steiling, David. “Multi-Cultural Aesthetic in Kate Chopin's ‘A Gentleman of Bayou Teche.’” The Mississippi Quarterly 47, no. 2 (spring 1994): 197-101.

Discusses Chopin's use of irony to address regional and ethnic stereotypes in “A Gentleman of Bayou Teche.”

Additional coverage of Chopin's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: American Writers Retrospective Supplement, Vol. 2; American Writers Supplement, Vol. 1; Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 33; Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults, Vols. 11, 15; Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, 1865-1917; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 12, 78; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British; Exploring Novels; Exploring Short Stories; Feminist Writers; Literature and Its Times, Vol. 3; Literature Resource Center; Modern American Women Writers; Novels for Students, Vol. 3; Reference Guide to American Literature, Ed. 4; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; Short Stories for Students, Vol. 17; Short Story Criticism, Vol. 8; Twayne's United States Authors; Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Vol. 127; and World Literature Criticism Supplement.