Elizabeth Gaskell - Stoneman, Patsy

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Résumé :
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...

Biographie:
Dr. Patsy Stoneman is an Emeritus Reader in English at the University of Hull, where she taught for most of her career. She has published widely on Bront? topics and is Vice President of the Bront? Society....

Sommaire:
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 and extensive critical 'Afterword'. This addition contains detailed evaluation of all the Gaskell criticism published between 1985 and 2004 which has a bearing on her thesis, and thus provides both a wide-ranging debate on the social implications of motherhood, and an invaluable survey of Gaskell criticism over the last twenty years. This study will bring a well-tried classic to a new audience, while also offering a uniquely comprehensive overview of current Gaskell studies....