A strange beautiful excitement : Katherine Mansfield's Wellington, 1888-1903 / Redmer Yska.
A strange beautiful excitement : Katherine Mansfield's Wellington, 1888-1903 / Redmer Yska.
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Publisher
Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2017.
Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2017.
Date
2017.
Call Numbers
G 2022/0076
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
271 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps, portraits ; 21 cm.
Content type
still image
cartographic image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part One -- 1.Parakeets of Pa-kuao -- 2.Mr Beauchamp's doll's house -- 3.The little girl in the picture -- 4.Something rotten -- Part Two -- 5.The wind! The wind! -- 6.The inventor -- 7.Labour of sorrow -- Part Three -- 8.Little brown owl -- 9.The washerwoman's children -- 10.Their heads in the butt...
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Publisher
Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2017.
Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2017.
Date Published
2017.
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
How does a city make a writer? Described by Fiona Kidman as a ravishing, immersing read, A Strange Beautiful Excitement is a wild ride through the Wellington of Katherine Mansfield's childhood. From the grubby, wind-blasted streets of Thorndon to the hushed green valley of Karori, author Redmer Yska, himself raised in Karori, retraces Mansfield's o...
Alternative Titles
Full title
A strange beautiful excitement : Katherine Mansfield's Wellington, 1888-1903 / Redmer Yska.
Portion of title
Katherine Mansfield's Wellington, 1888-1903.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Colour illustrations on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2017.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2022/0076
Record Identifier
74VKazKomQQd
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKazKomQQd
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ISBN
9780947522544
DDC
993.00
MMS ID
991024398419202626