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Katherine Mansfield’s Sleeping Boys
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This chapter explores Mansfield’s use of the image of a sleeping boy as a symbol for the young men who died in the Great War. Drawing on the Classics, particularly Greek and Roman poetry and drama, Mansfield equates sleep with death in an attempt to immortalize those whose lives were lost, bestowing the qualities of the epic hero not only upon her own brother, who was killed in 1915, but all of the beloved brothers and sons who made the ultimate sacrifice. This chapter examines three of Mansfield’s mature stories, “The Garden Party,” “Psychology,” and “Six Years After,” as well as some of her earlier work, including her first ever published piece, “His Little Friend,” to trace the development of this imagery.
Title: Katherine Mansfield’s Sleeping Boys
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This chapter explores Mansfield’s use of the image of a sleeping boy as a symbol for the young men who died in the Great War.
Drawing on the Classics, particularly Greek and Roman poetry and drama, Mansfield equates sleep with death in an attempt to immortalize those whose lives were lost, bestowing the qualities of the epic hero not only upon her own brother, who was killed in 1915, but all of the beloved brothers and sons who made the ultimate sacrifice.
This chapter examines three of Mansfield’s mature stories, “The Garden Party,” “Psychology,” and “Six Years After,” as well as some of her earlier work, including her first ever published piece, “His Little Friend,” to trace the development of this imagery.
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