Selected Stories of Katherine Mansfield

Todd Martin is Professor of English at Huntington University, USA 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.

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