Katherine Mansfield and London

Katherine Mansfield's complicated relationship with London began in 1903 when her parents sent her and her sisters to Queens College in Harley Street. She longed to return and eventually forged a career as a writer, becoming part of a literary couple with John Middleton Murry. However, her tuberculosis symptoms increased and she spent more time away from England, seeking a healthier climate. London remained central to her literary life until her early death, with this book combining cutting-edge scholarship on themes including her school life, telephony, weather, literary sources and influences, music, and hotels, as well as reviews of relevant publications and creative writing.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2024
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Katherine Mansfield's complicated relationship with London began in 1903 when her parents sent her and her two older sisters from New Zealand to Queens College in Harley Street to be educated. She longed to return to London as soon as she was back in Wellington, and her parents finally agreed to her returning to forge a career as a writer. As an adult, Mansfield had a love/hate relationship with London, but it remained central to her literary career. She became part of a literary couple with John Middleton Murry and forged connections with most of the important writers in London at that time. As the symptoms of Mansfield's tuberculosis increased, and she spent more and more time away from England, seeking a healthier climate, life in London became a series of brief sojourns. However, it remained at the heart of her literary life until her early death. This book combines a range of cutting-edge scholarship on themes including Mansfield's school life, telephony, the weather, literary sources and influences, music, and hotels, as well as reviews of relevant publications in the field, a diverse range of creative writing, and the first publication of notes by Mansfield's early friend and contemporary in London, Margaret Wishart.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781399539166