Katherine Mansfield and Russia

Galya Diment; Gerri Kimber; W. Todd Martin

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2017

Katherine Mansfield and Russia

Galya Diment , Gerri Kimber and W. Todd Martin

In the series Katherine Mansfield Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474426152

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Examines the 'Russian influence' on both Mansfield’s craft as a short story writer and her life choices

Katherine Mansfield’s passion for Russian literature and culture is well documented in her letters and notebooks. Anton Chekhov was not just one of her most significant literary influences, but also a mythological presence with whom she mentally communicated every day. The emotional bond became even stronger when she discovered that the two of them shared the same deadly disease. But her fascination with Russia and its culture extended beyond Chekov and included the Ballets Russes and an interest in Russian politics, in part sparked by Maxim Gorky. She also read and assimilated several other Russian writers, including Fyodor Dostoevsky and Marie Bashkirtseff as well as Leo Tolstoy. This volume presents essays that engage with many aspects of Mansfield’s response to all things Russian as well as to the Russians she met in England and France. In addition, the volume presents a collection of images of Gurdjieff’s Institute at Fontainebleau, several of which have never been seen before.

Key Features

It includes contributions by both English and Russian scholars
Mansfield’s personal and artistic response to Russian literature, culture, philosophy, and art
Explores her responses to the actual Russians she met in England and — towards the end of her life — in France

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Introduction Galya Diment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Criticism
‘Je ne parle pas français’: Reading Mansfield’s Underground Man David Rampton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Post Diagnosis: Bashkirtseff, Chekhov and Gorky through Mansfield’s Prism of Tuberculosis Galya Diment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
‘A child of the sun’: Katherine Mansfield, Orientalism and Gurdjieff Gerri Kimber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Near Misses: From Gerhardi to Mansfield (and back), via Anton Chekhov Claire Davison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Mansfield, Movement and the Ballets Russes Ira Nadel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
At Home Among the Russians: The Short Stories of Olive Garnett and Katherine Mansfield Frances Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
‘The only truth I really care about.’ Katherine Mansfield at the Gurdjieff Institute: A Biographical Reflection Pierce Butler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Creative Writing
Short Story
Owen Marshall: ‘The English Visitor’ Owen Marshall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Poetry
Tinakori Road Fleur Adcock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Remedy Jessica Whyte Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Creative Non-fiction
Chez Monsieur Gurdjieff Roger Lipsey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Critical Miscellany
The Tree of Knowledge: New Insights on Katherine Mansfield, Oscar Wilde and ‘A Woman’ Giles Whiteley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
A Note on Some Unidentified Sources in Mansfield’s Reading from 1907 Giles Whiteley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Addicted to Mansfield: A Glimpse at the Ruth Elvish Mantz Collection in Texas Gerri Kimber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
Review Essay
Katherine Mansfield in a Global Context Rishona Zimring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Other: 14 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: August 16, 2017
ISBN: 9781474426152