Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Katherine Mansfield and the Problem of Oscar Wilde 19
6. 3. Sexuality Encoded 36
7. 4. “The Strange Longing for the Artificial” 53
8. 5. “A Gigantic Mother”: Mansfield and the City 67
9. 6. The Question of Genre 82
10. 7. From The Aloe to “Prelude” 103
11. 8. The Feminist Imperative 118
12. 9. Mansfield and Woolf: The Question of Feminist Aesthetics 145
13. 10. Impersonation/Impersonality 169
14. 11. Katherine Mansfield’s “Passion for Technique” 188
15. 12. Conclusion: Modernism from Mansfield’s Perspective 206
16. Selected Bibliography 221
17. Index 227