tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post3247579062904984635..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Katherine Mansfield - Selected StoriesStuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-3542337839813578842014-10-10T02:00:35.166+01:002014-10-10T02:00:35.166+01:00I'm writing a book on Charleston and the Bloom...I'm writing a book on Charleston and the Bloomsbury group and doing research I did come across the name of Katherine Mansfield. The Hogarth press printed some of her books and there was rivalry between her and Virginia Woolf. Virginia was jealous of her. I'm going to read KM now since you said she's so good.annechunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459169385864026846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-67826083050988998252012-09-22T12:08:41.530+01:002012-09-22T12:08:41.530+01:00I have read some Janet Frame, but nowhere near eno...I have read some Janet Frame, but nowhere near enough... what is it in the NZ water that makes for such good short story writers?StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-41638347110924563302012-09-22T02:07:16.065+01:002012-09-22T02:07:16.065+01:00One of the best Kiwi writers of all time, no doubt...One of the best Kiwi writers of all time, no doubt about it. Every now and then I go back a reread a story picked at random from the bunch. I do the same with Janet Frame, another genius from little old NZ. Sheer brilliance. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320926015081300251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-34798022061060753662010-05-19T03:48:55.199+01:002010-05-19T03:48:55.199+01:00I just read my first Mansfield, "Miss Bliss&q...I just read my first Mansfield, "Miss Bliss"-I completely enjoyed it and will be reading more of her work-a lot of her stories can be read on line-thanks for sharing your thoughts with usMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-79156541267109885032009-09-14T21:29:45.090+01:002009-09-14T21:29:45.090+01:00I read Mansfield at University on a modernist lite...I read Mansfield at University on a modernist literature course - Bliss completely stunned me and my copy of her short stories is completely dog eared as I have thumbed through it so many times. Fantastic post which has reminded me that I am due to read them again soon!Bloomsbury Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770210075581113565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-17419639941323730142009-09-13T07:22:29.469+01:002009-09-13T07:22:29.469+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-60062912933382503732009-09-13T03:16:33.079+01:002009-09-13T03:16:33.079+01:00I tend to be one of those 'start at the beginn...I tend to be one of those 'start at the beginning' people, so I'm glad you remarked not to do so! My Penguin collection has the stories in order which they were written. I also dug out a smaller Virago collection and The Garden Party--so will tackle The Garden Party first!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415242678720695754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-41480899326621382532009-09-11T21:46:30.134+01:002009-09-11T21:46:30.134+01:00I have heard of Katherine Mansfield but I have to ...I have heard of Katherine Mansfield but I have to admit not in great detail so thank you for the last two days posts. Now I have read this I think I will have to read this collection as it sounds very, very good. Plus I am joining in with Lizzy's Short stories stuff and this sounds perfect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-34327304087167428982009-09-11T20:24:51.709+01:002009-09-11T20:24:51.709+01:00Thanks for this excellent posting about Katherine ...Thanks for this excellent posting about Katherine Mansfield. She's a literary genius. I think "A Cup of Tea" is phenomenal!Nevine Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08794887684860140819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-22659457044128066052009-09-11T18:53:29.166+01:002009-09-11T18:53:29.166+01:00"Bliss" seemed to me to be a highly colo..."Bliss" seemed to me to be a highly coloured version of "Mrs Dalloway", where VW used the metaphor of 'a day in the life' to describe far more than the mere activities of one single day.ctussaudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980750998737123223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-88433810368561899512009-09-11T10:14:41.817+01:002009-09-11T10:14:41.817+01:00I hadn't heard of her before university, but a...I hadn't heard of her before university, but after being introduced to her on my feminism and postcolonialism course (so many isms..) I read the required stories and then just kept on reading. My words don't do justice to describing how well and how beautifully and how subtly she crafts her stories. I just followed your link and reread Bliss and am sitting at my desk feeling a bit stunned. I want to go home now and get my big volume of collected stories out but unfortunately I have work to do!<br />Thank you for such a lovely post and a reminder of how I really must get to reading her biography, letters, diaries, journal, poems...I have them all but haven't made the concerted effort to read them properly.<br />I also now want to join the Katherine Mansfield Society...I would love to plough through all of my books on her and write an essay for their competition...it would make me feel like I was doing the MA I was offered the chance to do but had to turn down due to finances :( I miss spending days of discovery in the library.Rachel (Book Snob)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13669640788036671572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-56525586102438361502009-09-11T10:07:16.028+01:002009-09-11T10:07:16.028+01:00I love that Virginia Woolf quote and have used it ...I love that Virginia Woolf quote and have used it a few times.<br /><br />I have the Penguin Collected Stories, the OUP Selected Stories and some separate volumes; I also covet Persephone's The Montana Stories. Perfect stories. I'll be reviewing a short story collection in parts over the coming weeks including Mansfield's "Mr and Mrs Dove", one of my favourites.Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-22084727442160587112009-09-11T08:09:06.633+01:002009-09-11T08:09:06.633+01:00Just to say that there is a vibrant international ...Just to say that there is a vibrant international Katherine Mansfield Society and a brand new journal on Mansfield studies coming out in the autumn, published by Edinburgh University Press.<br />http://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org/ <br /><br />A copy of the journal is sent free to all members. Please do join us!Gerri Kimberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533850961365572795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-71985068199549046312009-09-11T03:00:49.213+01:002009-09-11T03:00:49.213+01:00I am afraid I am one of those readers who had hear...I am afraid I am one of those readers who had heard of Mansfield, and even thought I might have read her, until I read this post. No, I have not read these stories, and if she is the only writer that Virginia was jealous of...I must read her! This sounds like a wonderful edition and I'm off to Amazon to see it. I'm saving this post for the arrival of my book!! Thanks!Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.com