Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth Von Arnim
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781474454438
Subjects: English literature, history and criticism, 20th century; Mansfield, katherine, 1888-1923; New zealand literature, history and criticism
Description: "Elizabeth von Arnim is best remembered as the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden (1898) and The Enchanted April (1922), as well as being the elder cousin of Katherine Mansfield. Recently, new research into the complex relationship between these writers has extended our understanding of the familial, personal and literary connections between these unlikely friends. We know that they were an influential presence on one another and reviewed each other's work. By bringing the work of Mansfield and von Arnim together &#x2013; including on matters of artistry, on mourning, on gardens, on female resistance &#x2013; this book establishes shared preoccupations in ways that refine and extend our knowledge of writing in the period. It also deepens our understanding of the historical and literary contexts within which both of these extraordinary authors worked."