{"product_id":"the-edinburgh-edition-of-the-claire-davison-9781474445443","title":"The Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield, Volume 1: Letters to Correspondents a - J","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new authoritative edition of Katherine Mansfield's complete correspondence\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides accurate transcriptions that shed new light on the everyday, intimate world of Mansfield as a letter-writer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOrganised A-Z, which foregrounds the lives and personalities of her correspondents, along with the various self-fictionalising games that the letter-writer played\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShowcases letters and sections of letters that have never previously been published\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides meticulous explanatory notes and rich contextual information\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers extensive attention to the cultural and socio-political context of the correspondence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Conrad Aiken to Hugh Jones, this first volume covers correspondents from every period of Mansfield's life. A detailed introduction, together with biographical portraits for each correspondent, enhance the cultural and socio-historical context, while the letters themselves offer a detailed exposé of Mansfield's life: from exile and emigration, intimacy and betrayal, and the traumas of war and disease, to nature and the environment and fashions and food. The volume also reveals the intimacies of some of Mansfield's most prized friendships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Davison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474445446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474445443\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 1.70d","brand":"Claire Davison","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987420217599,"sku":"9781474445443","price":260.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5838ff0d-c15d-4209-a2c3-a1479d190dcd.jpg?v=1683288881","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-edinburgh-edition-of-the-claire-davison-9781474445443","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}