The Dove Ascending: The Case For Elizabeth Gaskell

Pittock, Malcolm

English Studies 2000 81 (6)531-547
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Abstract:

I think it is now possible to argue that Elizabeth Gaskell is pre-eminent among Victorian women novelists. At least that case needs to be put: for the opinion that it is George Eliot who deserves that particular accolade has acquired the sclerosis of orthodoxy, and, even though a heterodox minority may still hold out for Charlotte or Emily Brontë, nobody has even considered the claims of Elizabeth Gaskell. If I make the attempt here, first generally, and then specifically in relation to North and South, it is with the aim of stimulating critical discussion.

Keywords: literatura inglesa ; Novela ; Escritores
Pages: 531-547
Volume: 81
Year: 2000
Issue: 6

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