Description
As the author of "domestic" and "political" novels, Elizabeth Gaskell has a divided image. Patsy Stoneman's pioneering feminist study looks closely at the reason for this split, seeing it as the result of treating class and gender as separate issues, and offers a radical rereading by considering them in conjunction. Though her work displays little "rage and rebellion," Gaskell is shown to maintain an informed and steady resistance to aggressive authority, advocating the importance of female friendship, rational motherhood, and the power of speech as forces for social change.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
208 pages
Language
English
Published
Sep 30, 2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
0719074479
ISBN-13
9780719074479