Katherine Mansfield: A Darker View


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A brief survey of the short story part 11: Katherine Mansfield

Subjects Mansfield, Katherine, Authors, New Zealand -- 20th century --? New Zealanders -- Europe --?

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Authors, New Zealand -- 20th century -- Biography. New Zealanders -- Europe -- Biography.

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Topics Fiction Books blog. Tags What are tags? Meyers does not paint the most flattering portrait of Katherine, but perhaps that is what a biographer should do — setting out what he believes are the facts for his readers, whether acting in the favour of his subjects or not. Separate different tags with a comma. All writers fail as well as triumph, but the gulf between the successful and the disastrous is rarely as wide as it is in her work.

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A Darker View

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Meyers illuminates the brief and troubled life of the talented British short-story writer, and reveals the inspirations for her frequently-anthologized tales. The works of Katherine Mansfield (), one of England's most gifted short story writers, have influenced over eight decades of writers. A friend to Virginia.

Open to the public ; NZ Open to the public Book; Illustrated English Show 0 more libraries These 4 locations in Queensland: None of your libraries hold this item. Found at these bookshops Searching - please wait Using her life for material she was immediately recognized as a talent at an early age. A contemporary of D. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf the way Meyers describes her is both loving and accurate.

Katherine Mansfield: A Darker View

After reading one of her quotes on goodreads. Originally from New Zealand Kathleen Beauchamp nee Katherine Mansfield gracefully transformed her early childhood there and later life in England and elsewhere into her stories.

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A restless traveler and staunch bohemian I was heartbroken to discover that her many struggles with money, health issues and general self-destruction led to her misery. Still she wrote, lived fearlessly and left her mark on me as a writer, reader of fiction and contemporary woman.

Despite the slow pace and drawn out tragedy of his account I will always be indebted to Jeffrey Meyers for this respectful introduction. Waver between awe and frustration and then amazement at how her life finally ended. Disgust for her husband, pity for her friend. Fredonia7 rated it really liked it Aug 07, Kirsty rated it really liked it Jul 14, Rick Barnes rated it really liked it Mar 12, Joanna rated it it was amazing Apr 27, Jennifer rated it really liked it Oct 23, Jilltowers rated it it was amazing Sep 05, Laura S rated it really liked it May 27, Liliana rated it it was amazing Oct 11, Cynthia Brown rated it really liked it Dec 20, Duke Haney rated it really liked it Mar 19, Marv rated it liked it Mar 25, Jennifer rated it it was ok Jul 20, Janis rated it really liked it Dec 17, Lucy Mitchell rated it it was amazing Jan 24, Jennifer Porter rated it liked it Aug 03, Thomas Cotterill rated it really liked it Apr 25, Teresa rated it liked it Nov 19, Elizabeth rated it really liked it Dec 06, Cal Moriarty rated it really liked it Jul 17, Mel marked it as to-read Jul 24, Brendan added it Oct 27, Charles marked it as to-read Mar 18, Niamh marked it as to-read Jan 05, Dayle Kennedy marked it as to-read Aug 31, Elisabeth marked it as to-read Sep 15, Bathsheba marked it as to-read Oct 22, Anne Marie marked it as to-read Dec 05, Moira Russell added it Aug 22, Katie marked it as to-read Oct 15, Juliana marked it as to-read Nov 17, Annie Garvey marked it as to-read Apr 02, Katie marked it as to-read Oct 14, Mark added it May 23, Terence marked it as to-read Sep 08, BookDB marked it as to-read Sep 17, Nadja marked it as to-read Sep 28, Mark Flory added it Oct 30, Flaubertian marked it as to-read Dec 25, Sh Wareing marked it as to-read Apr 04, Amy Quigley marked it as to-read Apr 05, Jemma Dixon added it Apr 13, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

Thirty of his books have been translated into fourteen languages and seven alphabets, and published on six continents.

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He lives in Berkeley, California. Books by Jeffrey Meyers. Trivia About Katherine Mansfie

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