Mansfield 2
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Biography
• Born in Wellington, New Zealand, on October
14, 1888.
• Educated in London.
• She wrote under the pen name of Katherine
Mansfield.
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Real name was Kathleen Mansfield.• Highly influenced by Oscar Wild.
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• Mansfield was rebellious, adventurous in
nature.
• She had friendships with members of the
literary community of the day, including D. H.
Lawrence and Frieda von Richthofen.
• She died of a massive pulmonary hemorrhage
in January, 1923, at the age of thirty-four.
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Style of writing
• She has greatly influenced short-story writingright up to the present.
• she was an originator of the modernist style
•Eschewing straightforward narrative to buildup each story through the accumulation of finely observed, seemingly inconsequentialmoments.
• Her stories share the fine perception andsensibility of Woolf's novels but her charactersare not separate from the physical world.
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Works
• At the Bay
• Bank Holiday
• The Daughters of the Late Colonel, GardenParty
• Her First Ball
• An Ideal Family
• In a German Pension (A collection of short
stories (13))
• The Lady's Maid
• Life of Ma Parker
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Marriage a la Mode• Miss Brill
• Mr. and Mrs. Dove
• The Singing Lesson• Stranger
• The Voyage
• The Young Girl
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Masterpiece
• Bliss
• The Garden Party
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Introduction of the story
• A disturbing tale.
• Father who is reminded of his son's death.
• Lack of humor and compassion.
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Use of epiphany.• Use of symbolic patterning.
• As a metaphysical exploration of humans'
place in the world.• Expressions of post-World War I existential
helplessness and despair.
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Plot of the story
• Lacking in self-awareness
• Sorrow of lost relations
• Cruel nature of Man
• Motivation of Man by a poor creature of God.
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Characters
• Mr. Woodifield
• The Boss
• Macey
• The fly
• Gertrude
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• Mr. Woodifield, an old and infirm man,
who has lost a son in World War I and is
only allowed to leave his house on
Tuesdays. He lives with his wife and
daughters.
• The boss, a well-off friend of his, who
has also lost a son to World War I.
•Macey, the office clerk.
• The fly the symbol of the story
• Gertrude, Mr. Woodifield's daughter
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Major Themes
• Horror of the war
• Death and Disease
•
Time is a great Healer
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Symbolism
• Old thoughts of Britishers
• Killed before fly
• Cruel military leaders
• Game of war