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In addition to general problems that readers face in Mansfield's fiction, feminist readers also are confronted with Mansfield's attitude toward women, toward female subjectivity, and toward questions of female expression. Reading from a feminine position focuses new attention on Mansfield's domestic settings, her preference for indeterminate endings and themes, her fascination for problems of expression, and her willingness to leave ideas unarticulated. Feminist readers of Mansfield can make new readings which recognize the importance of gender and acknowledge the complex relationship between gender and reading.","\"My readings and discussions of Mansfield's fiction attempt to acknowledge the tensions between gender and discourse in the texts and to employ a feminist reading strategy. Beginning with Juliet, Mansfield's childhood fragment, and with Mansfield's own fascination for name changes, I suggest that she began early her interest in writing a feminine world, an interest she continues in \"\"The Tiredness of Rosabel\"\" and \"\"The Woman at the Store.\"\" I also offer readings of \"\"Prelude,\"\" \"\"Bliss,\"\" \"\"Miss Brill,\"\" \"\"The Daughters of the Late Colonel,\"\" \"\"At the Bay,\"\" and \"\"The Garden-Party.\"\"\"","By analyzing gender, discourse, and reading strategies in these short stories by Mansfield, my study offers new readings of familiar stories and suggests that Mansfield's short stories do write a feminine world.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:23:01Z (GMT). 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In addition to general problems that readers face in Mansfield's fiction, feminist readers also are confronted with Mansfield's attitude toward women, toward female subjectivity, and toward questions of female expression. Reading from a feminine position focuses new attention on Mansfield's domestic settings, her preference for indeterminate endings and themes, her fascination for problems of expression, and her willingness to leave ideas unarticulated. Feminist readers of Mansfield can make new readings which recognize the importance of gender and acknowledge the complex relationship between gender and reading.","\"My readings and discussions of Mansfield's fiction attempt to acknowledge the tensions between gender and discourse in the texts and to employ a feminist reading strategy. 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