Katherine Mansfield and the Origins of Modernist Fiction / / Sydney J. Kaplan.
This book explores Katherine Mansfield's significance as a writer whose fiction and criticism influenced, reflected, and advanced modernist aesthetic principles. Sydney Janet Kaplan examines the relationship between Mansfield's contribution to modernist fiction and her struggles as a woman...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019] ©1991 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Katherine Mansfield and the Problem of Oscar Wilde -- 3. Sexuality Encoded -- 4. “The Strange Longing for the Artificial” -- 5. “A Gigantic Mother”: Mansfield and the City -- 6. The Question of Genre -- 7. From The Aloe to “Prelude” -- 8. The Feminist Imperative -- 9. Mansfield and Woolf: The Question of Feminist Aesthetics -- 10. Impersonation/Impersonality -- 11. Katherine Mansfield’s “Passion for Technique” -- 12. Conclusion: Modernism from Mansfield’s Perspective -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | This book explores Katherine Mansfield's significance as a writer whose fiction and criticism influenced, reflected, and advanced modernist aesthetic principles. Sydney Janet Kaplan examines the relationship between Mansfield's contribution to modernist fiction and her struggles as a woman writer during the era of modernist experimentation. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501736841 9783110536171 |
DOI: | 10.7591/9781501736841 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sydney J. Kaplan. |