Katherine Mansfield and literary influence / edited by Sarah Ailwood and Melinda Harvey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ailwood, Sarah, editor.

Harvey, Melinda, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923--Influence.

Mansfield, Katherine.

Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923.

Physical Description:

viii, 262 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]

Summary:

This study identifies Mansfield's involvement in six modes of literary influence. In so doing, it revisits key issues in Mansfield studies, including her relationships with other authors. It also charts new territories for exploration, expanding the terrain of Mansfield's influence to include a diverse range of writers.

Contents:

1 'Like a thousand reflections of my own hands in a dark mirror': Katherine Mansfield and Literary Influence / Sarah Ailwood Ailwood, Sarah, Melinda Harvey Harvey, Melinda 1

Part I Ambivalence

2 'The Twilight of Language': The Young Evelyn Waugh on 'Catherine' Mansfield / Naomi Milthorpe Milthorpe, Naomi 21

3 'Where is she?' Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth Bowen / Jessica Gildersleeve Gildersleeve, Jessica 35

Part II Exchange

4 '[O]ur precious art': Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf and the Gift Economy / Kathryn Simpson Simpson, Kathryn 51

5 'The Silence is Broken': Katherine Mansfield and the 'Manifesto Moment' / Susan Reid Reid, Susan 65

6 Circles of Influence: Katherine Mansfield, S. S. Koteliansky and Russia / Gerri Kimber Kimber, Gerri 78

Part III Identification

7 'Worms of the Same Family': Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth von Arnim / Juliane Römhild Römhild, Juliane 93

8 'Objectless Love': The Vagabondage of Colette and Katherine Mansfield / Deborah Pike Pike, Deborah 105

Part IV Imitation

9 'God forgive me, Tchehov, for my impertinence': Mansfield and the Art of Copying / Melinda Harvey Harvey, Melinda 119

10 '[A]ctively making one feel': Katherine Mansfield, Evolving Empathy and Intimate Influence in Virginia Woolf's Writings of the 1920s and 1930s / Katie Macnamara Macnamara, Katie 137

Part V Enchantment

11 Mansfield eats Dickens / Michael Hollington Hollington, Michael 155

12 Katherine Mansfield, Nettie Palmer and Critical Influence / Sarah Ailwood Ailwood, Sarah 168

13 The Meeting of Katherine Mansfield and Eve Langley / Bonny Cassidy Cassidy, Bonny 180

Part VI Legacy

14 Mansfield, Shakespeare and the Unanxiety of Influence / Mark Houlahan Houlahan, Mark 195

15 The 'Burden' of the Feminine: Frank Sargeson's Encounter with Katherine Mansfield / Janet Wilson Wilson, Janet 207

16 Writing from the Cellar: Revisiting the Villa Isola Bella / Brigid Magner Magner, Brigid 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9780748694419

0748694412

OCLC:

894625188