The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell

The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell
ISBN-10
1139827499
ISBN-13
9781139827492
Category
Literary Criticism
Language
English
Published
2007-02-22
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Jill L. Matus

Description

In the last few decades Elizabeth Gaskell has become a figure of growing importance in the field of Victorian literary studies. She produced work of great variety and scope in the course of a highly successful writing career that lasted for about twenty years from the mid-1840s to her unexpected death in 1865. The essays in this Companion draw on recent advances in biographical and bibliographical studies of Gaskell and cover the range of her impressive and varied output as a writer of novels, biography, short stories, and letters. The volume, which features well-known scholars in the field of Gaskell studies, focuses throughout on her narrative versatility and her literary responses to the social, cultural, and intellectual transformations of her time. This Companion will be invaluable for students and scholars of Victorian literature, and includes a chronology and guide to further reading.

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