Katherine Mansfield and Bliss and other stories / edited by Enda Duffy, Gerri Kimber and Todd Martin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duffy, Enda, editor.

Kimber, Gerri, editor.

Martin, W. Todd, editor.

Series:

Katherine Mansfield studies.

Katherine Mansfield studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Mansfield, Katherine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Celebrates the centennial of Katherine Mansfield's Bliss.<br><br>This book celebrates the centennial of Bliss's publication by offering new readings of some of Mansfield's most well-known stories, revealing not only the depth and innovation of her work but also the extent to which she was instrumental in revisioning the potential of the short story form. It includes the publication of a newly discovered short story potentially by Mansfield, with an explanatory essay. It also presents a selection of new poetry and a new short story by acclaimed New Zealand author Paula Morris, all inspired by Mansfield.

Contents:

Intro

Katherine Mansfield and Bliss and Other Stories

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction: Achieving Bliss

CRITICISM

The Well-Tempered Story: Experiments with Sound in 'The Man Without a Temperament'

Refrigeration, 'Bliss' and the Modernist World Order of Imperial Culture

The 'Little Savage from New Zealand' in 'Bliss'

Sublimity and Mansfield's 'Subjective Correlatives' in 'Bliss'

'We were a nothingness shot with gleams of what might be. But no more': Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf and the Queer Sublime

Seeking Blissful Ignorance: Katherine Mansfield's Child Protagonists in 'Prelude' and 'Sun and Moon'

Of 'Trust' and 'Mistrust': Reading the Mind of a Predator in 'The Little Governess'

A NEW STORY

A Mysterious Lost Story by Katherine Mansfield

'The Thawing of Anthony Wynscombe'

CREATIVE WRITING

'Mari'

Poetry

CRITICAL MISCELLANY

A Unique Perspective: Terry Stringer's Sculpted Portraits of Katherine Mansfield

Such 'rich unlawful gold': Mansfield's Semiotic Manœuvres in 'An Indiscreet Journey'

REVIEW ESSAY

Rhythm, Laughter and Spiritualism: Katherine Mansfield and the Modernist Search for Meaning

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Jul 2026).

ISBN:

9781474477321

1474477321

OCLC:

1197677569