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 Biography of Elizabeth Gaskell
426 words, approx. 1 pages
 The English author Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) wrote sociological novels that explored the ills of industrial England and novels of small-town life that are penetrating studies of character. Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson was born on Sept. 29, 1810.... summary from source:
Biography of Elizabeth Gaskell
7,669 words, approx. 26 pages
 A recent review of Mrs. Gaskell's critical reputation divided her critics into three camps. One group, now fading, still treats her mainly as the author of Cranford (1853). A second emphasizes her "social-problem" novels but insists that they be... summary from source:
 Biography of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
7,343 words, approx. 25 pages
For some critics Elizabeth Gaskell was a conventional, middle-class Victorian wife and mother who accepted the values of her world and who also happened to write books--a feminine dove among literary eagles Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot, to...
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 Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes
313 words, approx. 1 pages
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell ( 1810-09-29 – 1865-11-12 ) was a British fiction-writer and biographer who witnessed and recorded the transformation of northern England by the Industrial Revolution. She was born Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson ; her married...
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 Gaskell, Elizabeth (Cleghorn)
94 words, approx. 1 pages(born Sept. 29, 1810, Chelsea, London, Eng.—died Nov. 12, 1865, near Alton, Hampshire) British writer. The daughter of a Unitarian minister, Gaskell also married a Unitarian minister and began writing in middle age. Cranford (1853), her most... summary from source:
 Elizabeth Gaskell Information
1,405 words, approx. 5 pages
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (née Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of...
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 The Boston Globe Elizabeth Gaskell, radical gentlewoman
10/11/1993: 835 words, approx. 3 pages ELIZABETH GASKELL A Habit of Stories By Jenny Uglow Farrar Straus & Giroux, 690 pp., illustrated, $35 A powerful episode in Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, "Mary Barton," forces the question of how that Victorian gentlewoman -- invariably referred to as... summary from source:
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 AP News Romney family tree has polygamy branch
2/24/2007: 1,186 words, approx. 4 pagesWhile Mitt Romney condemns polygamy and its prior practice by his Mormon church, the Republican presidential candidate's great-grandfather had five wives and at least one of his great-great grandfathers had 12.Polygamy was not just a historical footnote, but a prominent element in the family tree...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Hilary M. Schor
14,411 words, approx. 48 pages
In the following essay, Schor contends that Sylvia's Lovers is a plotting of desire—especially female desire, which "works its own narrative transformations " and gestures towards a history, writing, and identity particular to women.
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Critical Essay by Margaret Homans
14,032 words, approx. 47 pages
In the following essay, Homans claims that Mary Barton and "Lizzie Leigh" are both enactments of a dialogue between mother and daughter, a dialogue that hinges on the transmission of the written word.
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Critical Essay by Catherine Gallagher
13,853 words, approx. 46 pages
In the essay that follows, Gallagher studies the influence of Gaskell's Unitarian understanding of moral freedom and responsibility on the writing of Mary Barton.
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 Essay Grade: 92%Setting Affects Theme in "North and South"
771 words, approx. 3 pages
In "North and South," Elizabeth Gaskell uses contrasts between the three main settings--Helstone, Harley Street and Milton-Northern--to communicate the novel's themes and ideas. At the end of the novel, Gaskell uses Margaret's shifting thoughts toward Milton to convey the need for harmony.
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