​Heather Ostman is Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Institute at SUNY Westchester Community College, USA. She is co-founder and President of the Kate Chopin International Society, and has published four books on Chopin: Kate Chopin in the Twenty-First Century (2008), Kate Chopin in Context: New Approaches (2015), Kate Chopin and Catholicism (2020) and The New View from Cane River: Kate Chopin’s At Fault (2021).

• Introduction.- 1 Post-Civil War Stories.- 2 Art, Music, and Language.- 3 Postbellum Transitions.- 4 The “Protomodern” City.- 5 New Orleans and Chopin’s Novels.- Conclusion.

​Heather Ostman is Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Institute at SUNY Westchester Community College, USA. She is co-founder and President of the Kate Chopin International Society, and has published four books on Chopin: Kate Chopin in the Twenty-First Century (2008), Kate Chopin in Context: New Approaches (2015), Kate Chopin and Catholicism (2020) and The New View from Cane River: Kate Chopin’s At Fault (2021).

• Introduction.- 1 Post-Civil War Stories.- 2 Art, Music, and Language.- 3 Postbellum Transitions.- 4 The “Protomodern” City.- 5 New Orleans and Chopin’s Novels.- Conclusion.

​Heather Ostman is Professor of English and Director of the Humanities Institute at SUNY Westchester Community College, USA. She is co-founder and President of the Kate Chopin International Society, and has published four books on Chopin: Kate Chopin in the Twenty-First Century (2008), Kate Chopin in Context: New Approaches (2015), Kate Chopin and Catholicism (2020) and The New View from Cane River: Kate Chopin’s At Fault (2021).

• Introduction.- 1 Post-Civil War Stories.- 2 Art, Music, and Language.- 3 Postbellum Transitions.- 4 The “Protomodern” City.- 5 New Orleans and Chopin’s Novels.- Conclusion.