Kimber, G. (2013) ‘Long beams coming from my fingers & sparks flying from my toes’: Revealing the real Katherine Mansfield. Invited Keynote presented to: Katherine Mansfield's Fiction: New Edition, New Approaches, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France, 21 June 2013. (Unpublished)
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Abstract:
The resurgence of interest in Mansfield 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 previous ‘collected’ editions derive.
The Edinburgh edition of the fiction, co-edited with Vincent O’Sullivan, is a truly complete collection of the author’s fiction writing. Included are hitherto uncollected or rarely seen stories and prose fragments as well as the instantly recognisable stories. Placed in chronological order and fully annotated, the two volumes present 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. The removal of all previous editorial policies and expurgations thus redefines Mansfield as a writer for the twenty-first century, her words glittering before our very eyes.
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Creators:
Kimber, G.
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Date:
21 June 2013
Date Type:
Presentation
Event Title:
Katherine Mansfield's Fiction: New Edition, New Approaches
Event Dates:
21 June 2013
Event Location:
Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France
Event Type:
Conference
Language:
English
Status:
Unpublished
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