Prelude
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Prelude is a modernist short story by Katherine Mansfield that portrays the inner lives and shifting dynamics of a New Zealand family through impressionistic, psychologically nuanced vignettes.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New Zealand literature
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modernist work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedFrom | The Aloe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Katherine Mansfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | New Zealand ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alice the servant
NERFINISHED
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Aunt Beryl NERFINISHED ⓘ Beryl Fairfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Kezia Burnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Linda Burnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs Fairfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat NERFINISHED ⓘ Stanley Burnell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | book form ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
inner lives of family members
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shifting family dynamics ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainFamilyName | Burnell family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | shifting third-person viewpoints ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | impressionistic ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
free indirect discourse
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed domestic realism
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innovative narrative technique ⓘ psychological nuance ⓘ |
| originalTitle | The Aloe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCycle | Burnell family stories ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| publishedBy | Virginia Woolf and Leonard Woolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Hogarth Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
At the Bay
NERFINISHED
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The Doll’s House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | a house in the New Zealand countryside ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | domestic setting ⓘ |
| structure | series of vignettes ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood perception
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class and domestic service ⓘ colonial New Zealand life ⓘ family relationships ⓘ female subjectivity ⓘ marriage and dissatisfaction ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfComposition | early 20th century ⓘ |
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