Katherine Mansfield and the Art of the Short Story A Literary Modernist

by Kimber, Gerri

• ISBN13: 9781137483874
• ISBN10: 1137483873
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-12-22
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot

Summary

This book, based in large part on the author's limited edition previously-published work, A Literary Modernist: Katherine Mansfield and the Art of the Short Story (Kakapo, 2008) but having been fully updated throughout, offers an overview to the short stories of Katherine Mansfield, discussing a wide range of her most famous stories from a number of different perspectives. Clearly categorised into a number of subheadings, the volume elaborates on Mansfield's themes and techniques, thereby guiding the reader, via close textual analysis and the use of multiple differing critical appraisals, to an understanding of the author's modernist techniques. Suitable for the scholar and lay reader alike, it opens a window into the workings of Mansfield's craft in a lucid and direct way.

Author Biography

Gerri Kimber is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Northampton, UK, co-editor of Katherine Mansfield Studies, and Chair of the Katherine Mansfield Society. She is the deviser and Series Editor of the four-volume Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Katherine Mansfield (2012-16), and the author of Katherine Mansfield: The View from France (2008), Celebrating Katherine Mansfield (2011) and, with Janka Kascakova, Katherine Mansfield and Continental Europe (2015).

Table of Contents

Introduction
1.Mansfield as Innovator of the Modernist Short Story
2.Mansfield as Innovator of the Modernist Short Story
3.Mansfield's Personal Aesthetic Philosophy
4.Narrative Technique
5.The 'Nouvelle-Instant'
6.The Epiphanic Moment
7.The Use of Literary Impressionism
8.The Incorporation of Symbolism
9.Sexuality as a Theme
10. Feminist Issues
11. Relationships
12. Portrayal of Children
13. The Use of Humour
14. Sun, Moon and Sea Imagery
15. War and Death
16. Mansfield in Detail
Bibliography
Index