Servants and paternalism in the works of Maria Edgeworth and Elizabeth Gaskell [electronic resource] / Julie Nash.
By: Nash, Julie.
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BookSeries: Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England): Publisher: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007Description: 130 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Edgeworth, Maria, 1767-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 -- Criticism and interpretation | Household employees in literature | Social change in literatureGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 823/.7 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 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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