Title: Katherine Mansfield and Modernist Literary Magazines: A Perilous Voyage for Artistic Autonomy

Abstract: The sociology of literature, a methodology proposed by Pierre Bourdieu, sheds light on the perilous voyage Katherine Mansfield has made in pursuit of artistic autonomy through interaction with literary magazines. Mansfield’s first resisting stance is made by her alliance with social art against bourgeoisie art in New Age. This revolutionary gesture is pushed further by her declaration of double rupture with both bourgeoisie art and social art in fauvist magazine Rhythm. Eventually, she elaborates her modernist aesthetics through her book reviews in Athenaeum. Her pursuit of innovation in literary forms has made a great contribution to the modernist movement.

Keywords: Katherine Mansfield, modernism, literary magazines, literary field

Author: Ran Huang, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.