During Katherine Mansfield's life she experienced the effects of
abortion, miscarriage, gonorrhoea, peritonitis, rheumatism and
tuberculosis, and would take up a peripatetic existence constantly
in search of more favourable climates. The First World War of 1914
1918 and the influenza pandemic of 1918 20 informed the zeitgeist
of her times. This volume of essays explores the extent to which
this resonant context of disease and death shaped Mansfield's
literary output and her modes of thinking. Illness both stimulated
and limited Mansfield's creativity she would write to fund her
medical care while simultaneously limited by her poor health,
writing in 1922: 'The real point is I shall have to make as much
money as I can on my next book my path is so dotted with doctors'.
As explored in this volume, her personal writings document the
increasing influence of tubercular literary predecessors such as
Anton Chekhov and John Keats, while her stories function
compellingly as dialogue with loved ones who have been lost her
brother, her mother, her grandmother endowing them with life in the
process.
General
Imprint: |
Edinburgh University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Katherine Mansfield Studies |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Editors: |
Aim e Gasston
• Gerri Kimber
• Todd Martin
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-52741-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-399-52741-X |
Barcode: |
9781399527415 |
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