A man visits a woman for tea. He tells her this is the only place he pays attention to in terms of its furniture and so on. He also loves her 'little boy'. They then talk about the state of the novel as a literary genre - coming to the conclusion that the psycho-novel is shoddy. She feels anguished about possibly having failed in not following suit with that genre however, and he leaves. He rings the bell, then a friend of hers comes along and whilst she would usually be annoyed by her, this time she puts her arm around her and entices her to come again soon. She then sets out writing about how she liked the talk on psychology with her friend.
Characters
a female playwright
a male novelist
the playwright's friendan elderly virgin, a pathetic creature who simply idolized her
Major themes
friendship
literary genres, particularly trends for novels, and the psychology-novel.
Unspoken of/Hidden Love
Literary significance
The text is written in the modernist mode, without a set structure, and with many shifts in the narrative.
psychology, short, story, psychology, 1920, short, story, katherine, mansfield, first, published, bliss, other, stories, contents, plot, summary, characters, major, themes, literary, significance, references, other, works, footnotes, external, linksplot, summa. Psychology is a 1920 short story by Katherine Mansfield It was first published in Bliss and Other Stories 1 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Characters 3 Major themes 4 Literary significance 5 References to other works 6 Footnotes 7 External linksPlot summary EditA man visits a woman for tea He tells her this is the only place he pays attention to in terms of its furniture and so on He also loves her little boy They then talk about the state of the novel as a literary genre coming to the conclusion that the psycho novel is shoddy She feels anguished about possibly having failed in not following suit with that genre however and he leaves He rings the bell then a friend of hers comes along and whilst she would usually be annoyed by her this time she puts her arm around her and entices her to come again soon She then sets out writing about how she liked the talk on psychology with her friend Characters Edita female playwright a male novelist the playwright s friend an elderly virgin a pathetic creature who simply idolized herMajor themes Editfriendship literary genres particularly trends for novels and the psychology novel Unspoken of Hidden LoveLiterary significance EditThe text is written in the modernist mode without a set structure and with many shifts in the narrative References to other works EditLewis Carroll s Alice in Wonderland is alluded to through the phrase a sandwich from the hatter s bag i e Mad Hatter 2 The Book of Genesis is also alluded to concerning a rich cake that the female playwright serves 3 Footnotes Edit Katherine Mansfield Selected Stories Oxford World s Classics explanatory notes Katherine Mansfield Selected Stories Oxford World s Classics explanatory notes Katherine Mansfield Selected Stories Oxford World s Classics explanatory notesExternal links EditFull Text This article about a short story or stories published in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Psychology short story amp oldid 1104715665, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
