1st Edition
The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell Material Evidence
Introduction
Chapter One: 'Women’s chops and changes’: Stuff, Woollens and Kasmir Shawls
Chapter Two: Cottons, Calicoes and ‘Atrocious Prints’
Chapter Three: Grave Concerns: The Fabrics of Loss and Mourning in Mary Barton
Chapter Four: Ruffles, Old point and Net Curtains
Chapter Five: Silks and Showiness
Conclusion: Material Twists and Surface Depth
Biography
Amanda Ford received a Ph.D. in English Literature from King’s College, London, in 2021, and her M.A., awarded with a distinction, in 2014. Prior to academic studies, she held senior positions in investment banks. Inspired by her research, she is writing a novel featuring a seamstress whom Gaskell befriended; she is also studying novel writing at the Faber Academy.
