Celebrating Katherine Mansfield : a centenary volume of essays / edited by Gerri Kimber and Janet Wilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilson, Janet, 1948-

Kimber, Gerri.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923--Criticism and interpretation.

Mansfield, Katherine.

Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

A 2008 conference at Birkbeck, University of London, UK celebrated the centenary of Katherine Mansfield's arrival in London (July 1908) and the start of her professional career. Previous volumes celebrated the centenary of her birth in 1988, but this collection of essays represents the considerable scholarship that has been undertaken since then and a resurging acknowledgment of her importance. Fifteen contributions offer studies that focus on biographical readers and fiction, Mansfield and modernity, psychoanalytical readings, and autobiography and fiction. The two editors are affiliated as follows: Gerri Kimber (The Open University, UK) and Janet Wilson (U. of Northampton, UK). Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part I Biographical Readings and Fiction

1 Signing Off: Katherine Mansfield's Last Year / Vincent O'Sullivan O'Sullivan, Vincent 13

2 Katie and Chummie: Death in the Family / J. Lawrence Mitchell Mitchell, J. Lawrence 28

3 'A Furious Bliss': Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry 1916-1918 / Sydney Janet Kaplan Kaplan, Sydney Janet 42

Part II Mansfield and Modernity

4 Mansfield as Colonial Modernist: Difference Within / Elleke Boehmer Boehmer, Elleke 57

5 Leaping into the Eyes: Mansfield as a Cinematic Writer / Sarah Sandley Sandley, Sarah 72

6 Katherine Mansfield and Music: Nineteenth-Century Echoes / Delia da Sousa Correa Correa, Delia da Sousa 84

7 'Is this Play?': Katherine Mansfield's Play Frames / Janna K. Stotz Stotz, Janna K. 99

Part III Psychoanalytical Readings

8 Katherine Mansfield's Uncanniness / Clare Hanson Hanson, Clare 115

9 A Trickle of Voice: Katherine Mansfield and the Modernist Moment of Being / Josiane Paccaud-Huguet Paccaud-Huguet, Josiane 131

10 'Ah, What is it? - that I Heard': The Sense of Wonder in Katherine Mansfield's Stories and Poems / Anne Mounic Mounic, Anne 144

11 Cold Brains and Birthday Cake: The Art of 'Je ne parle pas français' / Anna Smith Smith, Anna 158

Part IV Autobiography and Fiction

12 'Where is Katherine?': Longing and (Un)belonging in the Works of Katherine Mansfield / Janet Wilson Wilson, Janet 175

13 Mansfield and Dickens: 'I am not Reading Dickens Idly' / Angela Smith Smith, Angela 189

14 'Not Always Swift and Breathless': Katherine Mansfield and the Familiar Letter / Anna Jackson Jackson, Anna 202

15 Meetings with 'the Great Ghost' / C. K. Stead Stead, C. K. 214.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230277731

023027773X

OCLC:

698330370