Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth Von Arnim

ISBN-13: 9781474454445 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 256 str.

Gerri Kimber;Isobel Maddison;Todd Martin

Opis

Explores the literary connection between Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth von Arnim Elizabeth von Arnim is best remembered as the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden (1898) and The Enchanted April (1922), as well as being the elder cousin of Katherine Mansfield. Recently, new research into the complex relationship between these writers has extended our understanding of the familial, personal and literary connections between these unlikely friends. We know that they were an influential presence on one another and reviewed each other's work. By bringing the work of Mansfield and von Arnim together including on matters of artistry, on mourning, on gardens, on female resistance this book establishes shared preoccupations in ways that refine and extend our knowledge of writing in the period. It also deepens our understanding of the historical and literary contexts within which both of these extraordinary authors worked.

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Abbreviations; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Complementary Cousins, Isobel Maddison; CRITICISM; After Life – Expressions of Mourning in Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield, Juliane Römhild; Tracing Garden Networks: Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth von Arnim, Bonnie Kime Scott; ‘Our own little grain of truth’, Angela Smith; Writing Toward a New World: Awakenings in Katherine Mansfield’s ‘Bliss’ and Elizabeth von Arnim’s The Enchanted April, Noreen O’Connor; ‘Ces femmes avec ces fleurs!’: Flowers, Gender, and Relationships in the work of Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield, Karina Jacubowicz; Strange Monsters: Struggle for Women’s Validity as Artists in Writings of Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield, Richard Cappuccio; ‘Not a Feminist, but…’: Elizabeth von Arnim and Female Resistance,Alison Hennegan; Digging Out Characters: Elizabeth von Arnim in Virginia, Ann Herndon Marshall; ‘[P]assionate, magnificent prose’: Tracing the Brontës in the Friendship and Writings of Elizabeth von Arnim and Katherine Mansfield, Charlotte Fiehn; CREATIVE WRITING; Story: ‘Vessel’, Sarah Laing; Poem: ‘If Katherine Mansfield Were My Best Friend’, Nina Powles; CRITICAL MISCELLANY; Of Bliss and Blushing: Cities and Affect in Katherine Mansfield and Jean Rhys, Andrew Thacker; Beatrice Hastings in Paris, Chris Mourant; REVIEW ESSAY; Katherine Mansfield’s Many Forms, Derek Ryan; Notes on Contributors; Index.