LEADER 03723nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910823743503321 005 20230912141223.0 010 $a1-282-85532-8 010 $a9786612855320 010 $a0-7735-6747-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773567474 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713660 035 $a(OCoLC)181843736 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10135059 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283421 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205847 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283421 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10247328 035 $a(PQKB)11521400 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400701 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330921 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141592 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285532 035 $a(OCoLC)929121172 035 $a(DE-B1597)657444 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773567474 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/38bptk 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330921 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245331 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713660 100 $a19980703d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReading Mansfield and metaphors of form$b[electronic resource] /$fW.H. New 210 $aMontreal $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-1791-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tPreface: Who?s Been Reading Katherine Mansfield? -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tA Note on Sources -- $tReading Mansfield -- $tCanon, Colony, and Critical Expectation -- $tReading and Writing -- $tReading Reading -- $tIn the Act of Writing: Manuscript Practice -- $tA Catalogue of Forms -- $tMetaphors of Form -- $tReading for Form -- $tReiteration: Stories of Static Action -- $tOverturns: Stories of Deferral -- $tAfter and Before: The Epilogues and ?Prelude? -- $tThe Art of Reconstruction: Reading ?The Escape? -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex -- $tPermissions 330 $aTaking an innovative approach to criticism, Reading Mansfield and Metaphors of Form demonstrates how Mansfield's stylistic practice both embodies and conveys her analysis of social and psychological trauma through a "metaphoric" use of literary form. New argues that the stories are neither simple vehicles for conveying emotional states nor neutral representations of moments in time but carefully crafted models, or correlatives, of social and psychological conditions of understanding. He elucidates a number of formal strategies, such as sequence, reversal, negation, repetition, deferral, and reconstruction, and then applies them to a wide range of Mansfield's stories, including such favorites as "Prelude," "The Voyage," "The Little Governess," and "Je ne parle pas français." Drawing on a range of writings in contemporary postcolonial, narratological, and gender theory, Reading Mansfield and Metaphors of Form leads to a new appreciation of the implications of Mansfield's formal craft. The book, written in a lively and readily accessible style, is at once an exemplary demonstration of the intricate process of critical reading and an intelligent and innovative reassessment of Mansfield's literary significance. 606 $aEnglish literature 615 0$aEnglish literature. 676 $a823 700 $aNew$b W. H$g(William Herbert),$f1938-$01615259 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823743503321 996 $aReading Mansfield and metaphors of form$93945375 997 $aUNINA