This book celebrates the centennial of Blisss publication by offering new readings of some of Mansfields most well-known stories.
Celebrates the centennial of Katherine Mansfields Bliss
This book celebrates the centennial of Blisss publication by offering new readings of some of Mansfields 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.
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| Introduction: Achieving Bliss |
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The Well-Tempered Story: Experiments with Sound in `The Man Without a Temperament' |
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Refrigeration, `Bliss' and the Modernist World Order of Imperial Culture |
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The `Little Savage from New Zealand' in `Bliss' |
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Sublimity and Mansfield's `Subjective Correlatives' in `Bliss' |
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`We were a nothingness shot with gleams of what might be. But no more': Katherine Mansfield, Virginia Woolf and the Queer Sublime |
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Seeking Blissful Ignorance: Katherine Mansfield's Child Protagonists in `Prelude' and `Sun and Moon' |
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Of `Trust' and `Mistrust': Reading the Mind of a Predator in `The Little Governess' |
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A Mysterious Lost Story by Katherine Mansfield |
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`The Thawing of Anthony Wynscombe' |
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`Is the Air Always Like This?' |
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`Your Secret Life' and `On Reading the Poems of Katherine Mansfield' |
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A Unique Perspective: Terry Stringer's Sculpted Portraits of Katherine Mansfield |
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Such `rich unlawful gold': Mansfield's Semiotic Manoeuvres in `An Indiscreet Journey' |
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Rhythm, Laughter and Spiritualism: Katherine Mansfield and the Modernist Search for Meaning |
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| Notes on Contributors |
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| Index |
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Enda Duffy, Arnhold Presidential Dept. Chair of English, UC Santa Barbara. Gerri Kimber, Visiting Professor in the Department of English, University of Northampton. Todd Martin, Professor of English, University of Huntington, Indiana, USA.
