224 The New Zealand Landscape in the Fine Arts. 212 Images of Bourgeois Women in Urban Environments. 205 Working-Class Women in Impressionism. 204 The Pictorial Possibilities and Allure of Modern Rail Travel. 201 Self-Imposed Isolation: The Restless Spirit of the Modern Artist. 199 Modernist Melancholy: the “snail under the leaf”. 189 Mansfield’s Love/Hate Relationship with the City. 173 Burgeoning Suburbia: a Topical Subject. 147 The Decorative Role of Bourgeois Women. 139 “The Suitable Appropriate Existence”. 136 Morisot and Cassatt: Operating in a Limited Sphere. 134 Rejecting the Domestic Interior: Mansfield’s Bid for Independence. 119 The New Age and Rhythm: Mansfield’s Association with British Modernist Journals 120 Post Rhythm and The Blue Review. 110 London, World War I, Before, During and After. 103 Wellington after London: December 1906 – July 1908. 92 Impressionist Exhibitions in Early Twentieth Century London.96 Mansfield and the Impressionists in London 1905. 89 Queen’s College London: Mansfield’s Initiation into Continental Culture. 89 Archival Evidence: The Extant Letters and Diaries. 60 CHAPTER 3 EXPOSURE AND INFLUENCE IN THE FORMATIVE YEARS. 51 Literary Impressionism: Towards a Definition. 47 The Relationship between Painterly and Literary Impressionism. 35 Mansfield’s Literary Impressionism: a Symbiotic Development. 34 The Development and Dissemination of Literary Impressionism. 24 Painters of Modern Life.26 Post-Impressionism.30 Beyond Painting: Impressionism in Music and Literature. 20 The Rise of Impressionist Painting.21 The Development and Dissemination of Impressionism.23 The Influences which Inspired and Shaped Impressionism. 9 CHAPTER 1 THE RISE OF IMPRESSIONISM IN THE ARTS. Katherine Mansfield: A Colonial ImpressionistĪ thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English at the University of Canterbury by Melissa C.