Talk:Katherine Mansfield

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• In addition to her numerous works, Mansfield expressed how life is actually more like death (She was actually suicidal). The short story revolves around the life of two, unmarried sisters, struggling through their new lives on the eve of their father's death.

which short story? (131.130.121.106 04:18, 11 May 2005 (UTC))

• The Daughters of the Late Colonel. Their father has died before the story begins.

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I remember learning in school that Murry was her second husband and she married someone else and "left him within a day". Is this no longer considered accurate?

–--- This page is generally well-written but it could be organized better. In the first, introductory paragraph, it would seem more appropriate to give a brief overview of Mansfield's life and work, rather than beginning her biography and continuing it with the first section labeled under the table of contents. Just a suggestion. 88/rosette/88 22:57, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

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I just added three more biographies. One is the 1954 one by Antony Alpers. He also wrote one in 1980 but that is a different book, so both should be listed.

Another is the one by LM. LM is barely mentioned, in the second paragraph of the Moving to London section and what it says at present contains errors - she wasn't South African she was English. I'll have a go at sorting out that bit and then I'll have finished. --Cotswold Tiger (talk) 16:58, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

In the Moving to London section I have now corrected and updated the sentences about her meeting Ida Baker, adding two new references. I moved the sentence about what she didn't do regarding suffragettes into a separate paragraph - in my view that paragraph should be deleted. We have all not done various things. --Cotswold Tiger (talk) 19:40, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

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photo

I believe the standard biography states that KM "detested" the photo of herself used inthsi article. why use? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.103.170.250 (talk) 19:44, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Mansfield made the remark about "detesting" the photograph because it had been taken many years previous to when her husband John Middleton Murray decided to use it as a frontispiece to her stories. She was hurt because Murry preferred an image from her youthful, healthy days, not the prematurely aged woman she had become because of her illness. She felt it as a rejection of her current self. The photograph in itself is lovely, and is just as appropriate to the article as a later one. Younggoldchip (talk) 22:03, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

When was the photo taken? That is, how old was she in the photo? That would be useful in the article, probably with the photo. Pete unseth (talk) 16:22, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Miscarriage

It appears she miscarried after her non-consummated marriage. Is there something we are not being told? All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 02:49, 15 August 2015 (UTC).

She married Bowden while she was pregnant to Garnet. Is this not clear in the article?-gadfium 18:57, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

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Millie (short story) up for deletion

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Important author, Katherine Mansfield, particularly of short stories. Lots of sources at Google books. Referencing needs improvement. Only pretended compliance with WP:Before. Nominator says this is "a test case." 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:06, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Aleister Crowley connection as zeitgeist/context

Aleister Crowley meeting to be added to "Contributing to Rhythm" section as zeitgeist indicator of more holistic situation. https://www.katherinemansfield.com/article/when-katherine-mansfield-met-aleister-crowley Text mdnp (talk) 21:45, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

So what?

Mansfield did not become involved in much political activity during her time in London. For example, she did not actively support the suffragette movement in the UK (women in New Zealand had gained the right to vote in 1893).

This is a disembodied statement that does not relate to anything before or after. There are plenty of other things she also did 'not' do. Valetude (talk) 00:01, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Critical heritage?

No mention of any consensus of her work, and how she is rated today? Valetude (talk) 00:44, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Family name

In the "Early life" section we have "The Mansfield family moved from Thorndon to the country suburb of Karori in 1893". Shouldn't that be "The Beauchamp family"? Tigerboy1966  10:02, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

I agree with you, and I have made this revision:
In 1893 for health reasons, the Beauchamp family moved from Thorndon to the country suburb of Karori, for her to spend the happiest years of her childhood. She used some of those memories ...
Cheers! Gareth Griffith-Jones (contribs) (talk) 11:30, 14 August 2020 (UTC)