Содержание к диссертации
1. К brief survey of Mansfield criticism ,,, l
2. Katherine Mansfield s views on literary craftsmanship as expressed in her critical reviews and private papers , , 15
3. Specific features of Katberine Mansfield s style
in her critical reviews 77
4. The general structural design of Katherine Mansfield Btories , 97
5. Katherine Mansfield s use of expressive detail 119
6. The role of "daydream" and "flashback" in tbe structure of the stories , 136
7. "Point of view" as a narrative device and its use
in Katherine Mansfield s stories 147
8. Some characteristic features of Katherine Mansfield s language ,.. 201
9. Katherine Mansfield s creative Imagery 237
10. The implied author in Katherine Mansfield s stories 270
11. The range of Katherine Mansfield s artistic vision
as encompassed in her stories 289
12. Bibliography 3
Введение к работе
The two volumes of short stories which established Katberine Mansfield s position as a writer of importance» appeared in close succession at the beginning of the 1920 s - "Bliss and Other Stories in December 1920, «The Garden Party and Other Stories" in March 1922. By that time Katherine Mansfield had already made a name for herself as writer and critic, contributing stories to various periodicals and regular book reviews to the "Athenaeum",
But the two collections of stories afforded a more comprehensive view of her performance as a writer and confirmed what discerning readers had felt before - that Katherine Mansfield s work represented a new departure in the field of the short story in English,
The unique quality of her stories was acknowledged unstint-ingly by prominent fellownfrlters like Thomas Hardy, H.G.Wells, John Galsworthy and Walter de la Mare, and came as a revelation to writers who had not yet made their mark like A.E,Copperd or Elizabeth Bowen.