Explores the literary connection between Katherine Mansfield and Elizabeth von Arnim Elizabeth von Arnim is best remembered as the author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden (1898) and The Enchanted April (1922), as well as being the elder cousin of Katherine Mansfield. Recently, new research into the complex relationship between these writers has extended our understanding of the familial, personal and literary connections between these unlikely friends. We know that they were an influential presence on one another and reviewed each other's work. By bringing the work of Mansfield and von Arnim together including on matters of artistry, on mourning, on gardens, on female resistance this book establishes shared preoccupations in ways that refine and extend our knowledge of writing in the period. It also deepens our understanding of the historical and literary contexts within which both of these extraordinary authors worked.

About the Author
Gerri Kimber, Visiting Professor in the Department of English, University of Northampton. Isobel Maddison, Lecturer and Director of Studies in English, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge. Todd Martin, Professor of English, University of Huntington, Indiana, USA.


Book Information
ISBN 9781474454445
Author Gerri Kimber
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press