Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was one of the leading figures in the development of the modernist short story and her writings were a profound influence on writers such as Virginia Woolf and D.H. Lawrence. Presenting for the first time draft manuscripts of some of her most important stories, this book gives scholars and students alike vivid new insight into Mansfield''s creative process.With manuscripts for each text presented in facsimile and transcript, detailed notes throughout compare early drafts with later revisions and the final published work. In the final section of the book leading scholars offer vivid new critical readings exploring the manuscript history of these stories. The stories included are: ''Je ne parle pas francais''; ''Sun and Moon''; ''Revelations''; ''The Stranger''; ''The Daughters of the Late Colonel''; ''Mr and Mrs Dove''; ''Marriage a la Mode''; ''The Voyage''; ''Six Years After''; ''The Fly''.>

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Makes available manuscript facsimiles and transcripts of early drafts of Katherine Mansfield's most important stories to shed new light on modernist creative practice. Includes critical readings by leading scholars.

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Todd Martin is Professor of English at Huntington University where he currently holds the Edwina Patton Chair of Arts and Sciences. He was recently awarded the Lester J. Cappon Fellowship in Documentary Editing at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL. He is the Membership Secretary of the Katherine Mansfield Society and serves as co-editor of the Society's book series, Katherine Mansfield Studies. He has published on a wide variety of authors, including E. E. Cummings, Clyde Edgerton, Edwidge Danticat, Julia Alvarez, Sherwood Anderson, and Katherine Mansfield.

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Introduction: Resurrecting Katherine Mansfield: the Death of the Author and the Possibilities of Genetic Criticism, Todd Martin SELECTED STORIES 1. Je ne parle pas français A Note on the Manuscripts of Je ne parle pas français Transcription of Combined Rough Newberry Library MS and Turnbull Library, Notebook 14 Transcription of Newberry Library Clean MS, Chapter I 2. Revelations A Note on the Manuscript of Revelations Transcription of the Newberry Library MS 3. The Stranger A Note on the Manuscripts of The Stranger Parallel Transcription of Rough Newberry Library MS and Clean Newberry MS 4. Poison A Note on the Manuscript and Typescript of Poison Transcription of Newberry MS 5. Non-Compounders [Daughters of the Late Colonel] A Note on the Manuscript of Non-Compounders [Daughters of the Late Colonel] Transcription of Newberry Library MS, with Turnbull Library Fragment 6. Mr and Mrs Dove A Note on the Manuscript of Mr and Mrs Dove Transcription of Newberry Library MS 7. Marriage à la Mode A Note on the Manuscript of Marriage à la Mode Transcription of Newberry Library MS 8. The Voyage A Note on the Manuscript of The Voyage Transcription of Newberry Library MS 9. Six Years After A Note on the Manuscripts of Six Years After Parallel Transcription of Newberry Library and Turnbull Library MSS 10. The Fly A Note on the Manuscript and Typescript of The Fly Transcription of Newberry Library MS CRITICAL RESPONSES 11. With a strong accent on the less: Tracing Voices in the Textual Genetics of Je ne parle pas français Claire Davison 12. The Journey from Non-Compounders to The Daughters of the Late Colonel Gerri Kimber 13. All at Sea: Sea Journeys in The Stranger, The Voyage, and Six Years After Janet M. Wilson 14. A Wholesale Hanging: Katherine Mansfield's Sphere Stories Jenny McDonnell 15. What was it?: The avant-texte and the grinding feeling of wretchedness in Katherine Mansfield's The Fly, Todd Martin Notes on Contributors Index