Fairytales, Pornography, and the Other Woman: Encountering the "Ideal-I" in Katherine Mansfield's Short Fiction.

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  • Author(s): Dow, Hannah
  • Source:
    Short Story. Fall2014, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p39-48. 10p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      Essays; Short story writing; Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923; Young women; Poor people
    • Abstract:
      An essay is presented that draws on the essay "The Mirror Stage as Formative to the Function of the I as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience," by Jacques Lacan to show the significance of the recurring mirror-as-symbol in the short fiction of short story writer Katherine Mansfield. Topics covered include the concepts of fragmentation, dreams, and the Ideal-I, the short story "The Tiredness of Rosabel," by Mansfield, and Mansfield's writing about poor, young women.