Katherine Mansfield and Russia / edited by Galya Diment, Gerri Kimber and Todd Martin ; editorial assistant, Aimee Gasston.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Gayla Diment -- Criticism. 'Je ne parle pas français' : reading Mansfield's Underground man / David Rampton -- Post diagnosis : Bashkirtseff, Chekhov and Gorky through Mansfield's Prism of tuberculosis / Gayla Diment -- 'A child of the sun' : Katherine Mansfield, Orientalism and Gurdjieff / Gerri Kimber -- Near misses : from Gerhardi to Mansfield (and back), via Anton Chekhov / Claire Davison -- Mansfield, movement and the Ballets Russes / Ira Nadel -- At home among the Russians : the short stories of Olive Garnett and Katherine Mansfield / Frances Reading -- 'The only truth I really care about'. Katherine Mansfield at the Gurdjieff Institute : a biographical reflection / Pierce Butler -- Creative writing. Short story. 'The English visitor' / Owen Marshall -- Poetry. 'Tinakori Road' / Fleur Adcock -- 'Remedy' / Jessica Whyte -- Creative non-fiction. 'Chez Monsieur Gurdjieff' / Roger Lipsey -- Critical miscellany. The tree of knowledge : new insights on Mansfield, Oscar Wilde and 'a woman' / Giles Whiteley -- A note on some unidentified sources in Mansfield's reading from 1907 / Giles Whiteley -- Addicted to Mansfield : a glimpse at the Ruth Elvish Mantz collection in Texas / Gerri Kimber -- Review essay. Katherine Mansfield in a global context / Rishona Zimring.

This volume presents essays that engage with many aspects of Mansfield's response to all things Russian as well as to the Russians she met in England and France. In addition, the volume presents a collection of images of Gurdjieff's Institute at Fontainebleau, several of which have never been seen before.

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