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No full textAF expresses gratitude to the Gaskell�s letter of congratulations for Freedom Award
Elizabeth Gaskell and the short story
No full textElizabeth Gaskell was the author of over forty short stories. Despite the resurgence in Gaskell criticism over the past three decades, these stories have only recently begun to receive the attention they deserve. Following an account of how the Victorian short story has been re-evaluated by literary critics, this introductory survey illuminates Gaskell’s key contributions to the development of the genre. Our discussion is structured around several areas of critical investigation that have been at the forefront of Gaskell studies over the past few years. These include: the position of Victorian short fiction in relation to predominant accounts of the form’s development; Gaskell’s engagement with the periodical press and the Victorian literary marketplace; her response to the connection between short stories and the Christmas season; and her deployment of supernatural and sensational tropes. The image that emerges is that of a professional woman of letters who used shorter fiction as a space to experiment with new narrative methods, unusual characterisation, and contentious themes. Concluding with some reflections on the two-part review in All the Year Round, newly attributed to Gaskell in July 2015, we suggest how Gaskell’s engagement with the ‘ungodly spinnings’ of French ballad and narrative tradition might have helped shape her own practice as a master of the form.</p
Elizabeth Gaskell and the short story
No full textElizabeth Gaskell was the author of over forty short stories. Despite the resurgence in Gaskell criticism over the past three decades, these stories have only recently begun to receive the attention they deserve. Following an account of how the Victorian short story has been re-evaluated by literary critics, this introductory survey illuminates Gaskell’s key contributions to the development of the genre. Our discussion is structured around several areas of critical investigation that have been at the forefront of Gaskell studies over the past few years. These include: the position of Victorian short fiction in relation to predominant accounts of the form’s development; Gaskell’s engagement with the periodical press and the Victorian literary marketplace; her response to the connection between short stories and the Christmas season; and her deployment of supernatural and sensational tropes. The image that emerges is that of a professional woman of letters who used shorter fiction as a space to experiment with new narrative methods, unusual characterisation, and contentious themes. Concluding with some reflections on the two-part review in All the Year Round, newly attributed to Gaskell in July 2015, we suggest how Gaskell’s engagement with the ‘ungodly spinnings’ of French ballad and narrative tradition might have helped shape her own practice as a master of the form.</p
Introduction to The Routledge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell
No full textThis introduction traces how, since the publication of The Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell (2007), scholarship on Gaskell has burgeoned to reflect her status as an eminent Victorian woman of letters, and her expanded appeal as an author ripe for adaptation into multiple popular cultural forms. It considers recent work in Gaskell studies, in particular on the shorter fiction, her cultural reception and legacy, and in relation to developments in material culture studies, ecocriticism, studies of Victorian religion, and on the intersections between race, class and gender. It concludes by considering Gaskell’s legacy in creative critical reflections and present-day media, and by offering a summary of the twenty-five chapters included in this volume.</p
Birthplace and home of Gaskell Romney built by his father Miles P. Romney.
No full textPhoto of Gaskell Romney\u27s home, built by his father Miles P. Romney in Saint George, Utah, taken in 1941
Marriage and Paradoxical Christian Agency in the Novels of Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Anne Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell
No full textBetween 1790 and 1850, the novel was used widely "for doing God's work," and English female authors, specifically those who identified themselves as Christians, were exploiting the novel's potential to challenge dominant discourse and middle-class gender ideology, particularly in relationship to marriage. I argue in this thesis that Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Anne Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell used the novel to construct Christian heroines who, as unlikely agents, make resistive choices shown to be undergirded by faith.
All practicing some form of Christianity, Wollstonecraft, Austen, Brontë and Gaskell engage evangelicalism's belief in "transformation of the heart." They construct heroines who are specifically shown to question the value of a narrative that assumes wayward husbands would somehow be transformed as a result of the marriage union. The heroines in this study come to resist such reforming schemes. Instead, they paradoxically leverage the very Christian faith that dominant discourse would use to subjugate them in unequal unions
Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm and Vasospasm - A Computer Model
No full textAnterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm and Vasospasm – A Computer Model. G. Austin, R. Gaskell. Poster presentation. Annual Meeting of American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Atlanta, CA. 1985. 8 p
The Routledge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell
No full textThe Routledge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell brings together twenty-five chapters by emerging and established scholars that address Gaskell’s works, networks, contexts, and legacies. Contributors draw on a range of cutting-edge approaches including ecocriticism, queer theory, and studies in emotion. Particular attention is paid to the intersections between race, class, gender and religion in Gaskell’s fiction, as well as to the ongoing afterlife of her work in fiction, film, web-series, and fanfiction.The Companion is divided into three sections. ‘Texts’ showcases 11 innovative readings of individual works, including Gaskell’s well-known novels and biography of Charlotte Brontë, but also less familiar shorter tales, non-fiction pieces, and letters. ‘Themes’ contains 10 chapters that present original perspectives on various combinations of Gaskell’s works in relation to many cultural and literary concerns including the built environment, material and visual culture, abolition, and the rituals of mourning. ‘Legacies’ considers the reception of Gaskell’s writings from the late nineteenth century to the present day, addressing their adaptation into multiple forms and media.The Routledge Companion builds on the 2007 Cambridge Companion to Elizabeth Gaskell (ed. Jill Matus), reflecting a further two decades of scholarly work and the expansion of Gaskell’s popular reputation. With its international and comprehensive scope, this volume attests that Gaskell continues to be a writer worthy of substantial critical attention, and signals new directions in Gaskell studies and Victorian studies more widely.</p
Centralized or decentralized which governance systems are having a 'good' pandemic?
No full textThe COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects across the world, yet different countries have had varying degrees of success in their attempts to manage it. One of the reasons behind the different outcomes observed so far lies in the strengths and weaknesses of different governance arrangements leveraged to tackle the crisis. In this article we examine what we can learn about the operational capacity of different democracies through their early responses to the crisis. We provide a framework of four positive qualities of multilevel governance that might lead to greater chances of positive practical outcomes and present an illustrative case study of the experiences of Switzerland and the United Kingdom (UK). We conclude with some areas for further research and investigation.</p
Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm and Vasospasm – A Computer Model [Poster Boards]
No full textPoster presentation boards for “Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm and Vasospasm – A Computer Model,” G. Austin and R. Gaskell – Storke [sic] Research Foundation, Santa Barbara, Ca. and Dept. of Neurosurgery, Univ. of S. Cal., L.A., 5 p
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