Kate Chopin in Context ─ New Approaches

Kate Chopin in Context: New Approaches is a collection of essays that revisits familiar themes, establishes new themes, and then brings theory to practice in classroom settings, where so many encounter Chopin as readers and as teachers. The collection draws on the work of seasoned and new scholars, which has the benefit of providing diverse perspectives that span history, culture, and generations. Notably, the collection includes essays from around the globe, written by scholars from North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East, which offer readers glimpses into the multi-national appreciation and versatility of the author's work, but which also broaden conventional approaches to Chopin. Last, the collection bridges theory to practice, bringing readers into the classroom, where much of Chopin theory has originated and developed in more recent years, with essays that incorporate a range of pedagogical approaches for the modern student, including, necessarily, technological applications to teaching Chopin's fiction.

Heather Ostman is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Institute at Westchester Community College, SUNY, USA. She is the editor of Kate Chopin in the Twenty-First Century and the author of Writing Program Administration and the Community College.

Kate O'Donoghue earned her PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center, USA. She specializes in nineteenth-century American women's fiction, digital pedagogy, and composition and rhetoric.