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The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell
Contemporary Review, Winter, 2007
The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell. Jill L. Matus, editor. Cambridge University Press. [pounds sterling]45.00 (US$85.00). xxi + 211 pages. ISBN 978-0-521-60926-7. This collection of essays makes use of recent work on Mrs Gaskell. Their underlying 'emphasis' is that Elizabeth Gaskell's work, and life, are 'more diverse and complex' than has been assumed.
The eleven essays, introduced by the editor and contributed by a team of British, Canadian and US scholars, begin with an essay on Mrs Gaskell's life and letters. The next five essays tackle Mary Barton and North and South, Cranford and Ruth, The Life of Charlotte Bronte, Sylvia's Lovers and other historical fiction, Cousin Phillis, Wives and Daughters, and 'modernity'. After this there are examinations of the author's shorter pieces, 'Gaskell, gender, and the family', the author's concern for the increasing pace of social change, an essay on Unitarianism, and finally, a discussion of Mrs Gaskell's standing both in her life time, after her death and now. The essays are stimulating and informative and also give readers the latest in critical thought about this important Victorian writer. (T.A.L.)
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