Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was one of the leading figures in the development of the modernist short story and her writings were a profound influence on writers such as Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence. Presenting for the first time draft manuscripts of some of her most important stories, this book gives scholars and students alike vivid new insight into Mansfields creative process.
With manuscripts for each text presented in facsimile and transcript, detailed notes throughout compare early drafts with later revisions and the final published work. In the final section of the book leading scholars offer vivid new critical readings exploring the manuscript history of these stories.
The stories included are: Je ne parle pas francais; Sun and Moon; Revelations; The Stranger; The Daughters of the Late Colonel; Mr and Mrs Dove; Marriage ą la Mode; The Voyage; Six Years After; The Fly.
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Makes available manuscript facsimiles and transcripts of early drafts of Katherine Mansfield's most important stories to shed new light on modernist creative practice. Includes critical readings by leading scholars.
Introduction: Resurrecting Katherine Mansfield: the Death of the
Author and the Possibilities of Genetic Criticism, Todd Martin
SELECTED STORIES
1. Je ne parle pas franēais
A Note on the Manuscripts of Je ne parle pas franēais
Transcription of Combined Rough Newberry Library MS and Turnbull Library,
Notebook 14
Transcription of Newberry Library Clean MS,
Chapter I
2. Revelations
A Note on the Manuscript of Revelations
Transcription of the Newberry Library MS
3. The Stranger
A Note on the Manuscripts of The Stranger
Parallel Transcription of Rough Newberry Library MS and Clean Newberry MS
4. Poison
A Note on the Manuscript and Typescript of Poison
Transcription of Newberry MS
5. Non-Compounders [ Daughters of the Late Colonel]
A Note on the Manuscript of Non-Compounders [ Daughters of the Late
Colonel]
Transcription of Newberry Library MS, with Turnbull Library Fragment
6. Mr and Mrs Dove
A Note on the Manuscript of Mr and Mrs Dove
Transcription of Newberry Library MS
7. Marriage ą la Mode
A Note on the Manuscript of Marriage ą la Mode
Transcription of Newberry Library MS
8. The Voyage
A Note on the Manuscript of The Voyage
Transcription of Newberry Library MS
9. Six Years After
A Note on the Manuscripts of Six Years After
Parallel Transcription of Newberry Library and Turnbull Library MSS
10. The Fly
A Note on the Manuscript and Typescript of The Fly
Transcription of Newberry Library MS
CRITICAL RESPONSES
11. With a strong accent on the less: Tracing Voices in the Textual
Genetics of Je ne parle pas franēais
Claire Davison
12. The Journey from Non-Compounders to The Daughters of the Late
Colonel
Gerri Kimber
13. All at Sea: Sea Journeys in The Stranger, The Voyage, and Six
Years After
Janet M. Wilson
14. A Wholesale Hanging: Katherine Mansfields Sphere Stories
Jenny McDonnell
15. What was it?: The avant-texte and the grinding feeling of
wretchedness in
Katherine Mansfields The Fly, Todd Martin
Notes on Contributors
Index
Todd Martin is Professor of English at Huntington University, USA where he currently holds the Edwina Patton Chair of Arts and Sciences. He was recently awarded the Lester J. Cappon Fellowship in Documentary Editing at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL. He is the Membership Secretary of the Katherine Mansfield Society and serves as co-editor of the Societys book series, Katherine Mansfield Studies.
