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Katherine Mansfield’s contribution to the development of the modernist short story is significant. Her short fiction, particularly “Bliss”, stands as one of the finest examples of early twentieth-century psychological prose. This paper examines the depiction of artistic psychologism in Katherine Mansfield’s “Bliss” (1920). It argues that Mansfield uses impressionistic description, symbolic imagery, and interior focalization to portray the complexities of Bertha Young’s emotional world. The analysis demonstrates how the protagonist’s inner perceptions shape her understanding of reality, revealing the instability of bliss as a psychological state and illustrating Mansfield’s mastery in representing the nuances of human consciousness.
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