Elizabeth Gaskell: The Early Years

by John Chapple

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719082420
• ISBN13: 9780719082429
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"