Katherine Mansfield Libri

This completely new selection of Katherine Mansfield's correspondence draws from the five volumes of her Collected Letters currently being published by Clarendon Press, and ranges from the period of her adolescence to shortly before her death twenty years later. The letters, many of which are to John Middleton Murry, Lady Ottoline Morrell, S.S. Koteliansky, the painters Anne Estelle Drey, and Dorothy Brett, as well as her own family, literary friends, and chance aquaintances chart her wide range of writing styles and reveal the vitality, warmth, and wit that places Mansfield among the most poignant and entertaining of modern letterwriters.

A beautiful new hardback edition of Katherine Mansfield's best stories. Katherine Mansfield was the only writer Virginia Woolf envied. Mansfield transformed the short story genre with her work, creating stories miraculous in their intensity yet seemingly so simple. The shift of a heart, the beat of a moment, the changing of the light: in these stories emotional universes are contained within glimpses. Mansfield only lived to the age of 34 but in that time wrote stories true to her indomitable spirit. A hundred years on from her death, Mansfield's biographer, Claire Harman, has created this new selection to show us the master of the short story form in full flight. WITH A FOREWORD BY HELEN SIMPSON AND INTRODUCTION BY CLAIRE HARMAN 'There is something rapturous about her work...she has the power to distil the apparently inconsequential into frozen moments laden with significance' Guardian 'Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people' Katherine Mansfield

“Damn Katherine! Why can’t I be the only woman who knows how to write?” Virginia Woolf Katherine Mansfield was, most of all, a passionate spirit. Her poems are sometimes traditional, sometimes outbursts of emotion, sometimes experiments akin to prose poems. In all she manages a strange alchemy; ordinary words are somehow transformed into powerful arrows of meaning. These 69 poems were collected together and published in 1923, just after Katherine Mansfield’s death. Many had never been published before; others only in magazines. John Middleton Murry explains in his introductory note that they are effusions of what he calls her ‘exquisite spirit,’ the uniqueness of which guarantees Mansfield her permanent place in twentieth century literature.

Mordant, challenging and inventive, Katherine Mansfield is one of the twentieth century's most accomplished short-story writers. Selected and introduced by Professor Meg Jensen.

Although Katherine Mansfield was closely associated with D.H. Lawrence and something of a rival of Virginia Woolf, her stories suggest someone writing in a different era and in a vastly different English. Her language is as transparent as clean glass, yet hovers on the edge of poetry. Her characters are passionate men and women swaddled in English reserve -- and sometimes briefly breaking through. And her genius is to pinpoint those unacknowledged and almost imperceptible moments in which those people's relationships -- with one another and themselves -- change forever. This collection includes such masterpieces as "Prelude," "At the Bay" "Bliss," "The Man Without a Temperament" and "The Garden Party" and has a new introduction by Jeffrey Meyers.

This collection allows the reader to become familiar with the complete range of Mansfield's work from the early, satirical stories set in Bavaria, through the luminous recollections of her childhood in New Zealand, and through the mature, deeply felt stories of her last years.

Originally published in 1920, Bliss and Other Stories, is an iconic collection of Katherine Mansfield's masterful narratives that include "The Man Without a Temperament." This captivating work embodies the author's signature style and unmistakable tone. Bliss and Other Stories consists of fourteen anecdotes written during the early 1900s. It features "Mr. Reginald Peacock's Day," which follows a disgruntled husband who harshly criticizes his wife, and "The Wind Blows," a surprising tale about a girl's revelation surrounding a memory from her childhood. "Pictures" centers a downtrodden woman on the brink of poverty, while "The Little Governess" follows a naïve young woman as she travels from France to Munich. In Bliss and Other Stories Mansfield is able to find the spectacular in the ordinary. No matter the circumstance, the characters are faced with subtle but shocking realizations. Whether it's family or friendship, human connection plays a pivotal role. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Bliss and Other Stories is both modern and readable.

A collection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield, widely recognized as one of the greatest writers of her period, that capture with accuracy those emotionally-charged moments when an individual is most revealing. Prelude -- Je ne parle pas français -- Bliss -- The wind blows -- Psychology -- Pictures -- The man without a temperament -- Mr. Reginald Peacock's day -- Sun and moon -- Feuille d'album -- A dill pickle --The little governess -- Revelations -- The escape.

Katherine Mansfield's clear and perceptive short stories revolutionized the genre. This collection represents the whole range of her writing from short sharp studies to longer, richer tales, encompassing her three major volumes Bliss, The Garden Party and In a German Pension, along with fifteen unfinished stories published after her death.

A beguiling new selection of Katherine Mansfield's finest stories, focused on her mysterious, complex portrayals of relationships between women.

This new selection of Mansfield's stories adds 6 stories to Dan Davin's original selection of 27 and arranges them in the order in which they first appeared, in the definitive text established by Anthony Alpers.

Selected short stories introduced by Christopher Isherwood

Written during the final stages of her illness, "The Garden Party and Other Stories" is full of a sense of urgency and was Katherine Mansfield's last collection to be published during her lifetime. The fifteen stories featured, many of them set in her native New Zealand, vary in length and tone from the opening story, "At the Bay, " a vivid impressionistic evocation of family life, to the short, sharp sketch "Mrs. Brill, " in which a lonely woman's precarious sense of self is brutally destroyed when she overhears two young lovers mocking her. Sensitive revelations of human behaviour, these stories reveal Mansfield's supreme talent as an innovator who freed the story from its conventions and gave it a new strength and prestige.

Katherine Mansfield's perceptive and resonant writing helped to define the modern short story, observing apparently trivial incidents to create quietly devastating revelations of inner lives. In these three tales, aglow with light and colour, Mansfield describes an exultant epiphany, fading memories and the unspoken, half-understood emotions that make up everyday existence. This book includes Bliss (1920), The Daughters of the Late Colonel (1921) and The Doll's House (1922).

Simplified and abridged by G.C. Thornley ; illustrated by William Burnard. Contains works by: H.G. Wells Oscar Wilde P.G. Wodehouse Katherine Mansfield Edgar Allan Poe Anthony Trollope and W. Somerset Maugham

Featuring the beloved short stories of a groundbreaking New Zealand writer, this collection showcases the author's unique voice and rich storytelling. Each tale captures the complexities of human experience, reflecting themes of identity, culture, and emotion. The edition is beautifully designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, enhancing the reading experience with its elegant presentation, making it a perfect addition to any literary collection.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Katherine Mansfield wrote some of the finest short stories of the 20th century. Subtly perceptive, often satirical, the stories in this collection range from her earliest piece, "The Tiredness of Rosabel," a poignant unfolding of frustrated longings, to other tales of isolation and oppression, such as the powerfully bleak "The Woman at the Store" and the stylistically innovative dialogues "Late at Night" and "The Black Cap." In different ways, these stories explore individuals' reactions to the often harsh truth of daily life, providing sharp, compelling insights into human behavior. They also reflect Mansfield's own strong sense of separateness, both from her physical self and the world.

Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Europe, this collection features a range of short stories that explore themes of identity, social dynamics, and the intricacies of human relationships. Katherine Mansfield, a modernist writer from New Zealand, delves into the lives of various characters, showcasing her keen observational skills and unique narrative style. The new edition includes a specially-commissioned biography, providing insight into Mansfield's influential life and her connections with notable literary figures.

Collection of five exquisite, evocative stories of human behaviour which capture brief but significant moments in the lives of the characters: 'The Escape', 'The Daughters of the Late Colonel', 'The Garden-Party', 'Bliss' and 'Taking the Veil'.

Vanity and creeping loneliness permeate these three short stories by the modern master of the form.

Four stories set in England and New Zealand. Suitable for literacy and learners of English as a second language.

Written during the final stages of her illness, "The Garden Party and Other Stories" is full of a sense of urgency and was Katherine Mansfield's last collection to be published during her lifetime. The fifteen stories, many of them set in her native New Zealand, vary in length and tone from the opening story, "At the Bay, " a vivid impressionistic evocation of family life, to the short, sharp sketch "Mrs. Brill, " in which a lonely woman's precarious sense of self is brutally destroyed when she overhears two young lovers mocking her. Sensitive revelations of human behaviour, these stories reveal Mansfield's supreme talent as an innovator who freed the story from its conventions and gave it a new strength and prestige.

Katherine Mansfield's short stories have always been popular and celebrated for their sensitive subtlety in the treatment of human behaviour. This is a complete collection of her ninety-one stories taken from her five collections of stories, Bliss, The Garden Party, The Doves' Nest, Something Childish and In a German Pension.

Exploring the themes of grief and healing, this chapbook delves into the emotional landscape following the loss of a loved one. Through a collection of poignant poems and vignettes, it confronts pain and depression while navigating memories. Ultimately, it offers a sense of closure and reassurance, reminding readers that they are not alone in their feelings. This work serves as a source of comfort for anyone at any stage of their healing journey.

Exploring themes of class disparity and existential reflection, this collection presents modernized versions of Katherine Mansfield's classic stories. "The Garden Party" delves into the complexities of a wealthy family's gathering, highlighting issues of discrimination and the human experience of love and loss. In "The Fly," a businessman confronts his emotions as he interacts with an old man and a fly, prompting a poignant meditation on memory and grief. These adaptations make Mansfield's profound insights accessible to contemporary readers.

This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers.

Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe . . . or if you are a child from the wrong socialclass . . . or a singer without work and the rent to be paid.Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair.

Die Sammlung präsentiert die eindrucksvollsten Erzählungen von Katherine Mansfield, einer Meisterin der kurzen Form.

Eine Großmeisterin der kleinen FormMondschein und Nachtigallengesang waren ihr verhasst – zumindest in der Literatur. Ganz im Sinne der beginnenden Moderne entwickelte Katherine Mansfield ihren eigenen, nüchtern-objektiven Erzählstil, der ihr dichterischen Weltruhm einbrachte. „Rosabels Tagtraum“, eine exklusive Auswahl aus ihrem Gesamtwerk, lädt ein, die Meisterin der kleinen Form wiederzuentdecken.

Svazek obsahuje kompletní povídkovou sbírku Blaho (Bliss, 1920) a jedenáct povídek ze sbírky Trochu dětinské (Something Childish, 1924).

Mansfield ​nem született betegnek, tele van életkedvvel, leveleit a legsötétebb magány idején is átjárja a humorérzék – nem véletlen, hogy olyan kedves szerzője Csehov. A levelek visszatérő témája a szerelem, az irodalom és az élet számtalan, pontosan megfigyelt (gyakran komikus) részlete. Van néhány állandó levelezőtárs, de életének magányos időszakaiban főleg Murryvel levelezik. Mansfield személyisége a levelekben szemünk láttára alakul, ahogy a kétségbeesésből a munkájánál fogva kihúzza magát. A személyes kapcsolattartást szolgáló levelezést kiegészítik naplói. A naplókban nem kell viselkednie. Ugyanabba a füzetbe ír egymás után novellacsírát, megfigyelést, személyes apróságokat, de az igazi írást megelőző pótcselekvést (az "áttörést") is a füzeteiben végzi el, és természetesen a napló a gondolati-érzelmi tisztázás, a szembenézés helye is.Mansfield az írást minden műfajban komolyan vette. Naplóiból és leveleiből hallatlan elevenséggel rajzolódik ki a saját élete és azé az irodalmi köré is, amely döntő súllyal határozta meg a XX. század elejének angol irodalmát. Ez a bő válogatás egy időben jelenik meg az írónő elbeszéléseivel: a két kötetben benne van lényegében a teljes Katherine Mansfield.

Klassikerinnen neu entdeckt von Schriftstellerinnen der Gegenwart Die Frauen in Katherine Mansfields Erzählungen sehnen sich nach Wahrhaftigkeit und Intensität, nach ihrem ganz eigenen Leben. Nicht immer können sie das erreichen, aber ihr Wille und ihre Kompromisslosigkeit machen Mut. »Katherine Mansfields Frauen leben in der Spannung zwischen ihrer traditionellen Rolle und dem Traum eines anderen Lebens.« – Ursula Grawe

«Man entgeht der Herrlichkeit des Lebens nicht.» Katherine Mansfield Gute Tage, schlechte Tage, Augenblicke himmlischer Glückseligkeit oder solche tiefer Bestürzung – aus allem macht die Sprachkünstlerin Katherine Mansfield reinste Poesie. Ihr Tagebuch gewährt Einblick in ein bei aller Kürze überreiches Leben: überreich an Hochgefühlen und Selbstzweifeln, überreich an musischen Begabungen, Liebeswagnissen, Dramen und Schicksalsschlägen. Die Auswahl reicht von ersten Talentproben der zwölfjährigen Neuseeländerin Kathleen Beauchamp bis hin zur brillanten Tagebuchprosa einer gereiften Schriftstellerin. Hier in Neuübersetzung vorgelegt, faszinieren die Texte durch gedankliche Tiefe, Intimität, Empfindungsreichtum und den Zauber der poetischen Weltbetrachtung. Mit einem Nachwort von Dörte Hansen!

Sie gilt als Erneuerin der Kurzgeschichte und war die einzige Schriftstellerin, auf deren Stil Virginia Woolf neidisch war. Kompromisslos beharrt sie in ihrem Schreiben auf Wahrhaftigkeit und setzt sich dabei über Konventionen hinweg, um ihren eigenen Ansprüchen gerecht zu werden. Katherine Mansfield bringt neben Präzision und Musikalität einen neuen Tonfall in die Literatur, neue Perspektiven – wichtiger als die Handlung sind ihr die Menschen in ihren Geschichten –, einen von vielen unterschätzten Humor und Sinnlichkeit im Übermaß. Ihre psychologisch motivierten Texte, die oft autobiografisch geprägt sind, schildern alltägliche Ereignisse und scheinbar Nebensächliches, rücken dabei aber immer einen einschneidenden Erkenntnismoment ihrer Charaktere in den Mittelpunkt. Aus ihrem Werk von insgesamt 88 Kurzgeschichten, versprengten Gedichten, Tagebüchern, Briefen und Rezensionen hat Ingrid Mylo eine Auswahl getroffen, die diefaszinierenden Aspekte von Katherine Mansfields Persönlichkeit auf besondere Weise mit ihrem Werk verknüpft.

Der Leben- und Werk-Band zeichnet anhand vieler bisher unbekannter Photographien sowie erstmals übersetzter Texte und Briefe der Autorin und ihrer Zeitgenossen das Bild einer überschwenglich liebenden Frau, die »das Leben auf die Spitze trieb«, die sich in ihren Erzählungen, Briefen und Tagebüchern geistvoll, witzig und ironisch gab und die ein stürmisches, unruhiges Leben führte.

Erfrischend kalt funkelt das Meer in der Crescent Bay. Im Bungalow der Burnells kann man es an diesem Morgen durch das offene Fenster rauschen hören. Sobald das Familienoberhaupt Stanley Burnell das Haus verlässt, erwachen die Frauen der Familie erst richtig zum Leben. Während Stanleys Schwägerin Beryl mit der skandalösen Mrs. Kember ein Bad im Meer nimmt, liegt ihre Schwester Linda schläfrig im Garten und genießt die Abwesenheit ihrer Kinder, die irgendwo durch die Wiesen stromern. Und spätestens, als sich abends Schatten über das Haus legen, erweist sich die Idylle des Sommertags als trügerisch. Mit »In der Bucht« zeigt die beste Kurzgeschichtenautorin der Moderne ihr Können. Atmosphärisch, klug und präzise erzählt Mansfield lange vor der öffentlichen Debatte über Geschlechterrollen von »regretting motherhood« und anderen gesellschaftlichen Zwängen.

In Stories of Initiation teenage heroes face the realities of adult life. Confrontations with birth, rejection, growing old and death herald an aprupt end to their childhood.

Povídky anglické spisovatelky Katherine Mansfieldové (1888–1923) jsou plny porozumění pro složitost života moderního člověka. Mansfieldová opustila konvenční povídkový tvar a psala drobné obrázky z všedního života, dramatické i lyrické zkratky příběhů, vynikající prostotou, mluvnostía názorností stylu. Stesk, melancholie, nespokojenost s nevyužitým životem, spojená se vzdornou touhou po lepších společenských podmínkách, vřelý soucit s trpícími i posměch a opovržení, jimiž autorka ironizovala duševní i citovou prázdnotu měšťácké společnosti, připomínající A. P. Čechova, jehož Mansfieldová obdivovala a také překládala. Pro opravdové umělecké i myšlenkové hodnoty svého literárního díla zaujímá Katherine Mansfieldová významné postavení v rozvoji moderní povídky.

Was für eine Freude ist es, sich selbst zu genügen. Ohne andere lässt sich genüsslich der Teller ablecken, ungeniert den eigenen Lastern frönen, stundenlang in Tagträumen schwelgen oder selbstvergessen in die Natur eintauchen. Mutige, fröhliche und melancholische Geschichten zum Alleinsein von Katherine Mansfield, Joey Goebel, Banana Yoshimoto, Doris Dörrie, Moritz Heger, Henry David Thoreau, Elizabeth Gilbert u. v. a.

Katherine Mansfield ma niewielki dorobek pisarski, ale to, co w swym krótkim życiu stworzyła, zajmuje wybitną pozycję w literaturze światowej. Opowiadania zawarte w tomie "Jej pierwszy bal" mają wszystkie cechy jej wysokiego kunsztu pisarskiego: świetną znajomość psychologii, głęboki humanizm, piękny język, umiejętność odtwarzania nastroju i wydobywania uroku i piękna z rzeczy powszednich.

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) wird mit Virginia Woolf und D.H. Lawrence genannt und gilt als Wegbereiterin der literarischen Moderne. Ihre Erzählungen wie "In der deutschen Pension" und "Die Gartenparty" sind Klassiker des 20. Jahrhunderts und zeichnen sich durch prägnante Momentaufnahmen und stilistisches Können aus.