Katherine Mansfield and Psychology / / Clare Hanson, Gerri Kimber, W. Todd Martin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Kimber, Gerri,; Hanson, Clare,; Martin, W. Todd,
• MitwirkendeR: Ascari, Maurizio,; Boyd Hall, Rachel,; Dickson, Polly,; Edensor, Louise,; Fetters, Bronwen,; Hammond, Meghan Marie,; Hanson, Clare,; Lacey, Eve,; Martin, Todd,; Morris, Paula,; Parui, Avishek,; Pero, Allan,; Powles, Nina,; Pracha, Setara,; Smith, Angela,; Thorndike-Breeze, Rebecca,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Katherine Mansfield Studies : KMS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 2 B/W illustrations

Explores the multiple ways in which Mansfield's fiction resonates with the landscapes opened up by psychology and psychoanalysisIn line with the recent surge of critical interest in early psychology, the contributors read Mansfield's work alongside figures like William James and Henri Bergson, opening up new perspectives on affect in her work. While these essays trace strands within the intellectual milieu in which Mansfield came of age, others explore the intricate interplay between Mansfield's fiction and Freudian theory, seeing her work as emblematic of the uncanny doubling of modernist literature and psychoanalysis.Key FeaturesNew readings of Mansfield's work alongside figures like William James, Théodule Ribot and Henri BergsonNew perspectives on the representation of affect and emotion in Mansfield's fictionThe essays open up novel ways of thinking about fiction of unrivalled psychological complexityMansfield's work is shown to be emblematic of the uncanny doubling of modernist literature and psychoanalysis

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Criticism -- Interior Matters: Secrecy and Hunger in Katherine Mansfield's 'Bliss' -- Katherine Mansfield and Vitalist Psychology -- A Raft in the Sea of Loneliness: Katherine Mansfield's Discovery of Cosmic Anatomy -- Mansfield's Psychology of the Emotions -- Feeling 'Like a Work-girl': Class, Intimacy and Alienation in 'The Garden Party' -- Me or I? The Search for the Self in the Early Writings of Katherine Mansfield -- 'Jigging away into nothingness': Knowledge, Language and Feminine Jouissance in 'Bliss' and 'Psychology' -- 'For the life of him he could not remember': Post-war Memory, Mourning and Masculinity Crisis in Katherine Mansfield's 'The Fly' -- Creative Writing -- Short Story -- 'Isn't It' -- Poetry -- 'The Portrait' -- 'Fever Dream' -- 'Silver Dream' -- Creative Non-fiction -- 'Katherine Mansfield, in the Archive and Hereafter' -- Critical Miscellany -- Poise -- Poise by J. D. Fergusson: A Rediscovered Portrait of Katherine Mansfield? -- Patriarchal Pink: Gender Signification in Katherine Mansfield's 'The Little Governess' -- Apples and Pears: Symbolism and Influence in Daphne du Maurier's 'The Apple Tree' and Katherine Mansfield's 'Bliss' -- Review Essay -- 'The Thing Needed': Katherine Mansfield, Psychology and Relationships -- Notes on Contributors -- Index