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Year

1988

Text

Xiao, Qian. Mei you pi qi de nan ren de yi shu te se [ID D30064].
"… Most of Mansfield's characters have striking personalities. Often she employed the artistic technique of hyperbole in delineating some habitual gestures or expressions of her characters, and in doing so she succeeded in exposing their inner spiritual world… A style of simplicity infused with profound meaning and a poetic language flowing smoothly and naturally forming an integral whole are among other special qualities of Mansfield's writings. She frequently employed metaphorical language in her descriptions…"

Mentioned People (2)

Mansfield, Katherine  (Wellington, Neuseeland 1888-1923 Fontainebleau) : Englisch-neuseeländische Schriftstellerin, Dichterin

Xiao, Qian  (Beijing 1910-1999) : Schriftsteller, Übersetzer, Journalist

Subjects

Literature : Occident : Great Britain / Literature : Occident : New Zealand / Translator

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 2001 Gong, Shifen. A fine pen : the Chinese view of Katherine Mansfield. (Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2001). S. 59-60. Publication / Mans8
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)
  • Person: Gong, Shifen
  • Person: Mansfield, Katherine