Mrs. Gaskell : The Basis for Reassessment / by Edgar Wright
1965, First Edition. London, New York : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #405649
Physical description; 285 pages : frontis. ; 22 cm. Contents; The basis for reassessment -- Religion and purpose -- Family and stability -- Tradition and transformation -- The world of Manchester -- The world of Cranford -- Society and sociology -- The attempt at reconciliation: North and South -- Manchester abandoned: The life of Charlotte Brontë and My lady Ludlow -- Lois the witch and Sylvia's lovers -- The final synthesis: I Cousin Phyllis -- The final synthesis: II Wives and daughters -- The development of technique: form -- The development of technique: style. Subjects; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865. Novelists, English 19th century Criticism, interpretation, etc. English Fiction. Criticism.
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