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The Collected Fiction of Katherine Mansfield, 1916–1922

Kimber, G. and O'Sullivan, V., (eds.) (2012) The Collected Fiction of Katherine Mansfield, 1916–1922. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 9780748642755.

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Abstract: The resurgence of interest in Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) in recent years has grown to the extent that she is now perceived as 'the most emblematic woman writer of her time'. Mansfield researchers have been frequently frustrated by the lack of a complete edition of her fiction. There are several editions of her stories in print, but these omit many pieces not already collected and published in the volumes edited by Mansfield's husband John Middleton Murry after her death, from which present 'collected' editions derive. This Edinburgh edition of her stories, published to coincide with the ninetieth anniversary of her death in 1923, is a truly complete collection of the author's fiction writing. The editors have sought to include hitherto uncollected or rarely seen stories and prose fragments as well as the instantly recognisable stories. Placed in chronological order and fully annotated with clear, concise notes, this edition undertakes a complete remapping of the author's fiction output, from her earliest childhood pieces to the pitch-perfect quality of the mature writer at the height of her craft, thereby redefining Katherine Mansfield as a writer for the twenty-first century. Key Features: •Brings together all of Mansfield's extant fiction •Refocuses critical attention on one of the most influential exponents of modernist fiction •The essential Mansfield text for individual scholars working on Mansfield studies, as well as those with a more general interest in Mansfield the writer •Redefines Mansfield as a writer for the next generation
Uncontrolled Keywords: Katherine Mansfield, short stories, modernism
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PR English literature > PR8309 English literature: Provincial, local, etc. > PR9639.3 New Zealand literature
Editors: Kimber, Gerri and O'Sullivan, Vincent
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing
Date: October 2012
Date Type: Publication
Series Name: The Edinburgh edition of the collected works of Katherine Mansfield
Volume: 2
Place of Publication: Edinburgh
Number of Pages: 528
Language: English
ISBN: 9780748642755
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/4873

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