Servants and paternalism in the works of Maria Edgeworth and Elizabeth Gaskell
By: by Julie Nash.
Series: Nineteenth century series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754656395
Subjects: Edgeworth, Maria, -- 1767-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation; Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, -- 1810-1865 -- Criticism and interpretation; Servants in literature; Social change in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Maria Edgeworth, Elizabeth Gaskell and servants in the "good old days"; title: Servants and paternalism; title: "Standing in distress between tragedy and comedy" : servants in Edgeworth's novels of manners; title: "Submitting to fate" : servants in Gaskell's domestic fiction; title: "True and loyal to the family" : servants in Maria Edgeworth's Irish novels; title: "Mutual duties" : servants and labor relations in Gaskell's "condition of England novels"; title: Conclusion : "Well done thou good and faithful servant".