Elizabeth Gaskell (1st ed. 1993) (Women Writers)
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- Synopsis
- Elizabeth Gaskell has been presented in many different terms: as a timid, conventional Victorian woman and as a feminist critic of her society; as a Chartist sympathizer and as an apologist for class privilege. This new study of Gaskell's major work argues that, as a Unitarian and as a middle-class woman, she held a number of warring allegiances that show themselves in complexities and contradictions in her writing; but that, towards the end of her career, she found ways of resolving for herself the tensions between social duty and artistic delight.
- Copyright:
- 1993
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781349226177
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780333379462, 9780312060589
- Publisher:
- Macmillan Education UK
- Date of Addition:
- 12/14/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.