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湘潭大学学位论文原创性声明本人郑重声明：所呈交的论文是本人在导师的指导下独立进行研究所取得的研究成 果。除了文中特别加以标注引用的内容外，本论文不包含任何其他个人或集体已经发表 或撰写的成果作品。对本文的研究做出重要贡献的个人和集体，均已在文中以明确方式 标明。本人完全意识到本声明的法律后果由本人承担。作者签名：日期：年月日学位论文版权使用授权书本学位论文作者完全了解学校有关保留、使用学位论文的规定，同意学校保留并向 国家有关部门或机构送交论文的复印件和电子版，允许论文被查阅和借阅。本人授权湘 潭大学可以将本学位论文的全部或部分内容编入有关数据库进行检索，可以采用影印、 缩印或扫描等复制手段保存和汇编本学位论文。涉密论文按学校规定处理。作者签名：日期：年月日导师签名：日期：年月日IntroductionThe innocence and purity of a child is not attractive to another child, but to an adult whose childhood has been lost. As Freud declares, complex is an instinctive impulse hidden in an individual’s unconsciousness. It can be stimulated under certain circumstances or situation. This dissertation is a study of Katherine Mansfield’s Peter Pan complex: the formation and reflection of Peter Pan complex in her personal life and its implication in her short stories. A specific and systematic research will provide a helpful perspective to understand Katherine Mansfield, her stories and their interconnections.Introduction to Katherine MansfieldIntroduction to Katherine Mansfield’s Literary LifeBorn on October 14, 1888, in Wellington, New Zealand, Katherine Mansfield was the third daughter in a family of four girls and one boy. Her father was a powerful figure in Wellington, a self-made man and eventually became the director of the Bank of New Zealand. Katherine and her two elder sisters were sent to London in 1903 to attend Queen’s College, an advanced institution for the education of young women. Three years later, they finished their education and returned, but Katherine was determined to escape from the restriction of family, colonial life, and bourgeoisie social conventions. She came back to London in 1908 with a small allowance of 100 pounds per year from her father to attempt to establish herself as a writer. The act presaged a restlessness that persisted throughout her life. Her most significant girl friend, Ida Baker, treated by Mansfield as her wife, remained with her throughout her life. Mansfield settled into a lon