Servants and paternalism in the works of Maria Edgeworth and Elizabeth Gaskell [electronic resource] / Julie Nash.
Material type: TextSeries: Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)Publication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.Description: 130 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 823/.7 22
- PR4647 .N37 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-125) and index.
Introduction : Maria Edgeworth, Elizabeth Gaskell, and servants in the "good old days" -- Servants and paternalism -- "Standing in distress between tragedy and comedy" : servants in Maria Edgeworth's English domestic fiction -- "Submitting to fate" : servants in Gaskell's domestic fiction -- "True and loyal to the family" : servants in Maria Edgeworth's Irish novels -- "Mutual duties" : servants and labor relations in Gaskell's "condition of England" novels -- Conclusion : "well done thou good and faithful servant".
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