The Bloomsbury Handbook to Katherine Mansfield (Bloomsbury Handbooks)

"Through her formally innovative and psychologically insightful short stories, Katherine Mansfield is increasingly recognised as one of the central figures in early 20th-century modernism. Bringing together leading and emerging scholars and covering her complete body of work, this is the most comprehensive volume to Mansfield scholarship available today. The Bloomsbury Handbook to Katherine Mansfield covers the full range of contemporary scholarly themes and approaches to the author's work, including: · New biographical insights, including into the early New Zealand years · Responses to the historical crises: the Great War, empire and orientalism · Mansfield's fiction, poetry, criticism and private writing · Mansfield and modernist culture - from Bloomsbury to the little magazines · Mansfield and her contemporaries - Woolf, Lawrence and von Arnim · Mansfield and the arts - visual culture, cinema and music The book also includes a substantial annotated bibliography of key works of Mansfield scholarship from the last 30 years"-- Provided by publisher Cover Contents List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Expanding the Horizon of Katherine Mansfield Studies Todd Martin Part One Katherine Mansfield at Work 2 Katherine Mansfield and Modernism Enda Duffy 3 Juliet and Maata Gerri Kimber 4 Katherine Mansfield, the Magazine Writer Jenny McDonnell 5 From The Aloe to “Prelude” Alex Moffett 6 The New Zealand Stories Jane Stafford Part Two Katherine Mansfield and Her Contemporaries 7 Katherine Mansfield, Garsington, and Bloomsbury Jay Dickson 8 Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf Ruchi Mundeja 9 Katherine Mansfield and D. H. Lawrence Andrew Harrison 10 Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth von Arnim Isobel Maddison Part Three Katherine Mansfield and Genre 11 Katherine Mansfield and the Short Story Ailsa Cox 12 Katherine Mansfield as Critic Chris Mourant 13 Katherine Mansfield’s Letters and Journals Anna Jackson 14 Katherine Mansfield’s Poetry Erika Baldt Part Four Katherine Mansfield and the Arts 15 Katherine Mansfield’s Musical World Claire Davison 16 Katherine Mansfield and Post-Impressionism Angela Smith 17 Katherine Mansfield and the Cinematic Faye Harland Part Five The World of Katherine Mansfield 18 Katherine Mansfield and New Zealand Kathleen Jones 19 Katherine Mansfield and Empire Janet M. Wilson 20 Katherine Mansfield and the Great War Christine Darrohn 21 Katherine Mansfield and the East Tracy Miao 22 Katherine Mansfield and Russian Mystics Galya Diment 23 Katherine Mansfield and France Gerri Kimber Part Six Critical Approaches to Katherine Mansfield 24 Katherine Mansfield and Reading Rishona Zimring 25 Katherine Mansfield and Sexuality Claire Drewery 26 Katherine Mansfield and Ecocriticism William Kupinse Annotated Bibliography of Selective Criticism Aimée Gasston Index Introduction: Expanding the horizon of Katherine Mansfield studies / Todd Martin -- Katherine Mansfield at work. Katherine Mansfield and modernism / Enda Duffy -- Juliet and Maata / Gerri Kimber -- Katherine Mansfield, the magazine writer / Jenny McDonnell -- From The aloe to "Prelude" / Alex Moffett -- The New Zealand stories / Jane Stafford -- Katherine Mansfield and her contemporaries. Katherine Mansfield, Garsington, and Bloomsbury / Jay Dickson -- Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf / Ruchi Mundeja -- Katherine Mansfield and D. H. Lawrence / Andrew Harrison -- Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth von Arnim / Isobel Maddison -- Katherine Mansfield and genre. Katherine Mansfield and the short story / Ailsa Cox -- Katherine Mansfield as critic / Chris Mourant -- Katherine Mansfield's letters and journals / Anna Jackson -- Katherine Mansfield's poetry / Erika Baldt -- Katherine Mansfield and the arts. Katherine Mansfield's musical world / Claire Davison -- Katherine Mansfield and post-impressionism / Angela Smith -- Katherine Mansfield and the cinematic / Faye Harland -- The world of Katherine Mansfield. Katherine Mansfield and New Zealand / Kathleen Jones -- Katherine Mansfield and empire / Janet Wilson -- Katherine Mansfield and the Great War / Christine Darrohn -- Katherine Mansfield and the East / Tracy Miao -- Katherine Mansfield and the Russian mystics / Galya Diment -- Katherine Mansfield and France / Gerri Kimber -- Critical approaches to Katherine Mansfield. Katherine Mansfield and reading / Rishona Zimring -- Katherine Mansfield and sexuality / Claire Drewery -- Katherine Mansfield and eco-criticism / William Kupinse -- Annotated bibliography of selected criticism / Aimée Gasston Through her formally innovative and psychologically insightful short stories, Katherine Mansfield is increasingly recognised as one of the central figures in early 20th-century modernism. Bringing together leading and emerging scholars and covering her complete body of work, this is the most comprehensive volume to Mansfield scholarship available today. The Bloomsbury Handbook to Katherine Mansfield covers the full range of contemporary scholarly themes and approaches to the author's work, including:0* New biographical insights, including into the early New Zealand years0* Responses to the historical crises: the Great War, empire and orientalism0* Mansfield's fiction, poetry, criticism and private writing0* Mansfield and modernist culture - from Bloomsbury to the little magazines0* Mansfield and her contemporaries - Woolf, Lawrence and von Arnim0* Mansfield and the arts - visual culture, cinema and music0 The book also includes a substantial annotated bibliography of key works of Mansfield scholarship from the last 30 years