Servants and paternalism in the works of Maria Edgeworth and Elizabeth Gaskell /

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Writing during periods of dramatic social change, Maria Edgeworth and Elizabeth Gaskell were both attracted to the idea of radical societal transformation at the same time that their writings express nostalgia for a traditional, paternalistic ruling class. Julie Nash shows how this tension is played...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nash, Julie, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Series:Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Subjects:
Edgeworth, Maria, > 1768-1849 > Criticism and interpretation.
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, > 1810-1865 > Criticism and interpretation.
Edgeworth, Maria, > 1768-1849
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, > 1810-1865
Edgeworth, Maria.
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn.
Household employees in literature.
Social change in literature.
Employés de maison dans la littérature.
Changement social dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Household employees in literature
Social change in literature
Diener > Motiv
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Maria Edgeworth, Elizabeth Gaskell, and servants in the "good old days"
  • Servants and paternalism
  • "Standing in distress between tragedy and comedy" : servants in Maria Edgeworth's English domestic fiction
  • "Submitting to fate" : servants in Gaskell's domestic fiction
  • "True and loyal to the family" : servants in Maria Edgeworth's Irish novels
  • "Mutual duties" : servants and labor relations in Gaskell's "condition of England" novels
  • Conclusion : "well done thou good and faithful servant."

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