Katherine Mansfield and the art of the short story : a literary modernist

This Volume Offers An Introductory Overview To The Short Stories Of Katherine Mansfield, Discussing A Wide Range Of Her Most Famous Stories From Different Viewpoints. The Book Elaborates On Mansfield's Themes And Techniques, Thereby Guiding The Reader - Via Close Textual Analysis - To An Understanding Of The Author's Modernist Techniques. Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contnets; Foreword; Textual Note; Introduction; 1 Mansfield As Innovator Of The Modernist Short Story; 2 Mansfield's Narrative Technique; 3 Dramatic Techniques; 4 The Epiphanic Moment; 5 Use Of Literary Impressionism; 6 The Incorporation Of Symbolism; 7 Sexuality As A Theme; 8 Feminist Issues; 9 Relationships; 10 Portrayal Of Children; 11 Use Of Humour; 12 Sun, Moon And Sea Imagery; 13 War And Death; 14 Mansfield In Detail; Bibliography; Index. By Gerri Kimber. This volume offers an introductory overview to the short stories of Katherine Mansfield, discussing a wide range of her most famous stories from different viewpoints. The book elaborates on Mansfield's themes and techniques, thereby guiding the reader - via close textual analysis - to an understanding of the author's modernist techniques. This book, based in large part on the author's limited edition previously-published work, A Literary Modernist: Katherine Mansfield and the Art of the Short Story (Kakapo, 2008) but having been fully updated throughout, offers an overview to the short stories of Katherine Mansfield, discussing a wide range of her most famous stories from a number of different perspectives. Clearly categorised into a number of subheadings, the volume elaborates on Mansfield's themes and techniques, thereby guiding the reader, via close textual analysis and the use of multiple differing critical appraisals, to an understanding of the author's modernist techniques. Suitable for the scholar and lay reader alike, it opens a window into the workings of Mansfield's craft in a lucid and direct way Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-3 Mansfield as Innovator of the Modernist Short Story....Pages 4-9 Mansfield’s Narrative Technique....Pages 10-13 Dramatic Techniques....Pages 14-21 The Epiphanic Moment....Pages 22-25 Use of Literary Impressionism....Pages 26-32 The Incorporation of Symbolism....Pages 33-39 Sexuality as a Theme....Pages 40-45 Feminist Issues....Pages 46-52 Relationships....Pages 53-56 Portrayal of Children....Pages 57-62 Use of Humour....Pages 63-69 Sun, Moon and Sea Imagery....Pages 70-77 War and Death....Pages 78-85 Mansfield in Detail....Pages 86-93 Back Matter....Pages 94-101 "Cover" -- "Half-Title" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contnets" -- "Foreword" -- "Textual Note" -- "Introduction" -- "1 Mansfield as Innovator of the Modernist Short Story" -- "2 Mansfieldâ#x80;#x99;s Narrative Technique" -- "3 Dramatic Techniques" -- "4 The Epiphanic Moment" -- "5 Use of Literary Impressionism" -- "6 The Incorporation of Symbolism" -- "7 Sexuality as a Theme" -- "8 Feminist Issues" -- "9 Relationships" -- "10 Portrayal of Children" -- "11 Use of Humour" -- "12 Sun, Moon and Sea Imagery" -- "13 War and Death" -- "14 Mansfield in Detail" -- "Bibliography"