Victorian publishing and Mrs. Gaskell's work
By: Linda K. Hughes and Michael Lund.
Contributors: Lund, Michael, 1945-
Series: Victorian literature and culture series
Publisher: University Press of Virginia
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 -- Relations with publishers.; Authors and publishers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Literature publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-194) and index.