1st Edition

Elizabeth Gaskell and the English Provincial Novel

By W. A. Craik Copyright 1975
292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1975, this book places Elizabeth Gaskell amongst the major novelists of the nineteenth-century. It considers how she has sometimes been overlooked, or admired for very few of her works, or for reasons that are not in fact central to her art. W. A. Craik looks at Gaskell’s full-length novels with three main purposes: to analyse her development as a novelist, her achievements,... Read more

Preface;  1. Mary Barton  2. Ruth  3. North and South  4. Sylvia’s Lovers  5. Wives and Daughters;  Bibliography;  Index

Biography

Authored by Craik, W. A.