Katherine Mansfield's selected stories

About This Book

"This Norton Critical Edition includes thirty-five of Katherine Mansfield's short stories. With the exception of the first four stories, all were written within a period of ten years. These stories, and the letters following, reflect the urgency of a writer who knew her time was limited (Mansfield died of tuberculosis in 1923). With few exceptions, the texts of the stories reprinted here are the versions that Mansfield herself revised or selected. Vincent O'Sullivan provides detailed explanatory annotations for each story." "Katherine Mansfield wrote many letters, but seldom about the craft of writing or about how she viewed her own work. The twenty excerpts from her correspondence reprinted here address precisely these concerns, providing readers with an understanding of Mansfield's creative process." "The New York Times Book Review recently named Katherine Mansfield "the most emblematic woman writer of her time." The eighteen critical essays judiciously selected by the editor collectively suggest the changing emphases in how we read and perceive one of the twentieth century's most important fiction writers. Contributors include fellow writers Rebecca West, T. S. Eliot, Katherine Anne Porter, V. S. Pritchett, Elizabeth Bowen, and Frank O'Connor and biographers Angela Smith and Claire Tomalin, among others." "A Selected Bibliography is also included. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.