Victorian publishing and Mrs. Gaskell's work

Description:

"Victorian Publishing and Mrs. Gaskell's Work portrays an elusive and self-aware writer whose refusal to grant authority to a single perspective even while she recirculated the fundamental assumptions and debates of her era enabled her simultaneously to fulfill and deflect the expectations of the literary marketplace. While she wrote for money, producing periodical fiction, major novels, and nonfiction, Mrs. Gaskell was able to maintain a tone of warmth and empathy that allowed her to imagine multiple social and epistemological alternatives. Writing from within the established rubrics of gender, narrative, and publication format, she nevertheless performed important cultural work."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: History,  Authors and publishers,  Literature publishing,  Relations with publishers,  Gaskell, elizabeth cleghorn, 1810-1865,  Publishers

People: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 19th century