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Journal of Katherine Mansfield
1927. Katherine Beauchamp was born in New Zealand and at the age of 13 was sent to England to school at Queen's College. It was here she truly began her writing career. It is difficult to compile a critical evaluation of Katherine Mansfield's work. Her work seems to be of a finer and purer kind than that of her contemporaries. It is more spontaneous, more vivid, more delic...more
Paperback, 255 pages
Published
April 1st 1983
by Ecco Press
(first published 1927)
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I admit, this diary (or at least this version of it) doesn't stand on it's own in the the way that Virginia Woolf's does, for instance. But, but, if you love Katherine, as I do, you'll cherish every stray fragment. Through all her suffering, she was nevertheless able to find beauty all around her, in a moth, a leaf, a cloudy day. With every turn of the page, one is more keenly aware that her days are/were numbered.
I wish I could read each entry on the appropriate day and keep a kind of correspon...more
I wish I could read each entry on the appropriate day and keep a kind of correspon...more
Sep 02, 2009
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Since I was heading back to NZ, I thought it might be fitting to pack Katherine Mansfield's journal to take with me -- I didn't realise that this journal is made up mostly of material from the last years of her life where she is ill, worried about her writing and in large amounts of pain. Reading this while preparing for general anaesthetic, and again after the anaesthetic has worn off was a weird feeling to say the least.
That said, I love it. Mansfield's always been that little bit intimidatin...more
That said, I love it. Mansfield's always been that little bit intimidatin...more
I'm really undecided about this one. It is the journal of Katherine Mansfield, with entries from 1904 to 1921. It's not a diary, in that there aren't entries for each day/date (although she does seem to start each new year more assiduously than she carries on), it also includes unfinished letters, starts of stories, even just paragraphs of stories, as well as a record of events.
And, while i like the way she writes, I found myself not liking her at all. I thought she was selfish and self absorbed...more
And, while i like the way she writes, I found myself not liking her at all. I thought she was selfish and self absorbed...more
Dit maakte indruk. Een schrijversdagboek. Geen echt diepe bespiegelingen, maar heel erg aanwezig in haar 'nu'; Mansfield hield zich erg bezig met het de waarheid. Er is dan ook geen teken van opsmuk in haar schrijfsels. Haar Journal is niet een echte pageturner, enkele fragmenten heb ik twee of drie keer gelezen omdat het bij vlagen te mooi is om zomaar door door te lezen. Mansfield schrijft soms zó scherp dat ze een beeld telepathisch door lijkt te geven:
April 7. The heavens opened for the suns...more
April 7. The heavens opened for the suns...more
I can't for the life of me remember why I ordered Katherine Mansfield's journal and one of her books of short stories from the main library. That said, I'm glad I did! I've never read a whole journal before, just probably a piece or two here or there for a class. Reading a journal feels strange, like maybe I'm sneaking a peak into someone's brain and I'm not sure that they would want me to do so, you know? Mansfield was a really entertaining woman, from what I can tell, and she has a very relata...more
"...the amount of minute and delicate joy I get out of watching people and things when I am alone is simply enormous- I really only have 'perfect fun' with myself. [...] Just the same applies to my feeling for what is called 'nature'. Other people won't stop and look at the things I want to look at, or, if they do, they stop to please me or to humor me or to keep the peace. But I am so made that as sure as I am with anyone, I begin to give consideration to their opinions and their desires, and t...more
I have not read this for some time. What stays with me is how KM suffered. (Perhaps a second reading would change this impression.) I admire her writing, he unique 'voice.'
He de reconocer que iniciaba la lectura del diario con una tremenda expectación, en parte por las buenas referencias recibidas y en parte por la vida que Katherine Mansfield llevó. Pero lo cierto es que me ha costado un horror terminarlo, pareciéndome muy lento y con caídas continuas en los conceptos de misantropía, soledad elegida, enfermedad y desasosiego. Le otorgo el valor testimonial que sin duda tiene, pero a nivel argumental, si es que un diario se puede valorar bajo ese prisma, es bastan...more
If someone had told me a couple years ago that I would be reading the Journal of Katherine Mansfield, I would not have believed them. Through a series of events, I started reading this book.
Katherine Mansfield lived during the early 1900's and was a writer. What I found fascinating about reading her journal is that I identified with a lot of her struggles. I also found her point of view and the little descriptions of life at that time interesting.
The only reason I didn't finish this book was tha...more
Katherine Mansfield lived during the early 1900's and was a writer. What I found fascinating about reading her journal is that I identified with a lot of her struggles. I also found her point of view and the little descriptions of life at that time interesting.
The only reason I didn't finish this book was tha...more
"... and tonight I hate her - which being interpreted, means that I adore her; that I..." - Katherine Mansfield, journal entry, June 1, 1907
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Kathleen Mansfield Murry was a prominent New Zealand modernist writer of short fiction who wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield.
Katherine Mansfield is widely considered one of the best short story writers of her period. A number of her works, including "Miss Brill", "Prelude", "The Garden Party", "The Doll's House", and later works such as "The Fly", are frequently collected in short st...more
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Katherine Mansfield is widely considered one of the best short story writers of her period. A number of her works, including "Miss Brill", "Prelude", "The Garden Party", "The Doll's House", and later works such as "The Fly", are frequently collected in short st...more
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(Journal entry, 14 October 1922)”
“Ach, Tchekov! Why are you dead? Why can’t I talk to you in a big darkish room at late evening—where the light is green from the waving trees outside? I’d like to write a series of Heavens: that would be one.”
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Sep 08, 2009 10:30pm
Thank you, Moira.
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