| Katherine Mansfield: A Darker View Contributor(s): Meyers, Jeffey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815411979 ISBN-13: 9780815411970 Publisher: Cooper Square Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: This biography is the story of Katherine Mansfield, the gifted and tragic artist best known for her polished satire and frequently anthologized short stories. Acclaimed biographer Meyers uses new sources to illuminate the troubled life of one of Great Britain's most gifted female authors. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2001099924 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.54" W x 8.52" (0.88 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The works of Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), one of England's most gifted short story writers, have influenced over eight decades of writers. A friend to Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, and Bertrand Russell, Mansfield left a literary legacy collected in The Garden Party, In a German Pension, and numerous anthologies. Biographies appearing after her death idealized her, but Meyers sets the record straight in his assessment of the author's life and career, revealing a woman with a self-destructive disdain for convention and respectability. Born and raised in New Zealand, Mansfield threw herself into several love affairs with men and women before living with literary critic John Middleton Murray. Meyers chronicles their tempestuous relationship (one that mixed abuse with devotion) and the years she fought a losing battle with tuberculosis. |