Description
Book SynopsisThis augmented edition of Patsy Stoneman’s pioneering Elizabeth Gaskell presents the original 1987 text unchanged (apart from bibliographical updating) together with an extensive new ‘Afterword’ surveying Gaskell criticism over the last twenty years.
Table of ContentsPreface 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
