Elizabeth Gaskell
A Literary Life
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Published:7th Oct '02
Should be back in stock very soon
This hardback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback£44.99(9780333695821)
This literary biographical study examines the life and works of the mid-Victorian woman novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell, whose popularity is now well established. It places her writing in the context of her attitudes towards creative production, her relationship with publishers, and her literary friendships, as well as examining those events of her life which fed into her work. It pays particular attention to the ways in which she sought to reconcile the conflicting demands made upon her, as woman and as artist.
'This short and accessible contribution to the 'Literary Lives' series...[is] recommended.' - T. Hoagwood, Choice
'This excellent new addition to Gaskell studies places Elizabeth Gaskell firmly in the context of the professional literary world of the mid nineteenth-century. Designed for students, it is admirably concise and perceptive, especially in using biographical information and correspondence to show how Gaskell's relationship with the modes and milieux of literary production, and with other contemporary writers, affected both the content and presentation of her fiction. Foster is also adept at weaving together many strands, and this acute critical study is also a succinct and moving biography.' - Jenny Uglow, Gaskell Society Journal
ISBN: 9780333695814
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202 pages