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Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)

Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) . The most innovative writer of the post-modern era. By: Andrea Rodican. Childhood. Born in New Zealand as Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp Her family had vigorous social ambitions Her mother was delicate and aloof

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Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)

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  1. Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) The most innovative writer of the post-modern era. By: Andrea Rodican

  2. Childhood • Born in New Zealand as Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp • Her family had vigorous social ambitions • Her mother was delicate and aloof • Her father a canny and successful businessman • Age 11: sent to a college for the liberal education of women • Returned with a great sense of unrest

  3. Information about Katherine’s Adult Life • Moved to London in 1908 to “study music” • Lived a “wild life” in London • Spend time with other famous contemporary authors • D.H. Lawence, Virginia Woolfe • Married John Middleton (Murry) • Associated with many eccentrics and rebels of her day • Brother died in Belgium in October 1915 • She died in France on 9 January 1923 at age 36

  4. Her Accomplishments include • Wrote many satirical essays that made fun of anyone worthy • Her letters are as good as her fiction • express insight about sentiment of the time • the war is in all of us • Published two collections of short stories • Bliss and Other Stories and The Garden Party and Other Stories (a few months after her death) • Weekly reviews for magazine The Athenaeum • Translated Chekhov’s letters

  5. Katherine Mansfield achieved her position as one of the most innovative writers of the twentieth century because she: • Was a rebel • Did not accept the status quo • Fought against restraints placed on women of her day • Experimented with new story form • “The language of twentieth century art”

  6. Her stories : • touch me on many different levels • lend themselves to endless analysis • make me want to become a writer and do amazing things • keep me company when I’m alone

  7. The Mark of an Innovative Person • Remarkable insight into the human psyche • Originality • Genius

  8. Katherine Mansfield would be very concerned with the threat of war in Iraq because: • she survived the horrors of WWI • she lost her brother in that War War • World War I was the first war that employed the use of automatic weapons • The result was death on a massive level that left all Europeans traumatized • Katherine focused a lot of her writing on dealing with the trauma that remained in postwar Europe.

  9. Q: What is your inspiration? Q/A Time A: Paying attention to the most minute details of my life because subtlety is incredibly relevant often missed! Q: Was it hard for you to disobey the wishes of your family to follow your dreams? A: Of course. I love my family very much, but they didn’t understand that a husband and children would not be enough to satisfy me.

  10. Too Eccentric for Me • I could not be her friend because she: • Was experimental • Ran with a arrogant group of “smarties” • Shattered societies norms

  11. Works Cited • Vincent O'Sullivan. “Mansfield, Katherine.” New Zealand Book Council. 22 Oct. 2002. http://www2.vuw.ac.nz/nzbookcouncil/writers/mansfieldk.htm#recent

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