Elizabeth Gaskell.

By:

Stoneman, Patsy [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781847791900

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PR4711 .E459 2006

Online resources:

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Contents:

Subject: This pioneering study, described as?a model of feminist criticism? (The Year?s Work in English Studies) on first publication, revealed Gaskell as an important social analyst who deliberately challenged the Victorian disjunction between public and private ethical values, who maintained a steady resistance to aggressive authority, advocating female friendship, rational motherhood and the power of speech as forces for social change. Since 1987, Gaskell?s work has risen from minor to major status. This new edition presents the original text (except for bibliographical updating) together with a new.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PR4711 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn818847295

Includes bibliographies and index.

9780719074479; 9780719074479; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; References and Abbreviations; 1 Reading Elizabeth Gaskell:The Story So Far and Some New Suggestions; 2 Woman and Writer:Blending the Selves; 3 Two Nations and Separate Spheres:Class and Gender in Elizabeth Gaskell's Work; 4 Mary Barton (1848); 5 Cranford (1851); 6 Ruth (1853); 7 North and South (1854); 8 Sylvia's Lovers (1863); 9 Cousin Phillis (1863); 10 Wives and Daughters (1865); Conclusion; Afterword: The Critical Debate, 1985-2004; References; Select Bibliography; Index.

This pioneering study, described as?a model of feminist criticism? (The Year?s Work in English Studies) on first publication, revealed Gaskell as an important social analyst who deliberately challenged the Victorian disjunction between public and private ethical values, who maintained a steady resistance to aggressive authority, advocating female friendship, rational motherhood and the power of speech as forces for social change. Since 1987, Gaskell?s work has risen from minor to major status. This new edition presents the original text (except for bibliographical updating) together with a new.

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