Monkey business: Darwin, displacement, and literary form in Katherine Mansfield's "Bliss".(Critical Essay) From: Studies in Short Fiction | Date: March 22, 1998| Author: Dilworth, Thomas | COPYRIGHT 1998 Studies in Short Fiction. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

For such a popular and much-anthologized work, Katherine Mansfield's "Bliss" has generated sparse criticism. The aspect of the story that chiefly makes it so popular has also diminished its critical reputation: its element of contrast and surprise. With climactic simplicity, the narrative contrasts the erotic happiness of the protagonist throughout the story with its deflation (largely implied) at the end, when she discovers that her husband is unfaithful. So simple and emphatic, t...

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