Romancing the Self in Early Modern Englishwomen's Life Writing vs Works of Elizabeth Gaskell: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Romancing the Self in Early Modern Englishwomen's Life Writing Romancing the Self in Early Modern Englishwomen's Life Writing Julie A. Eckerle · 2013 230 pages · ≈ 4 h 16 m · Challenging

Juxtaposing life writing and romance, this study offers the first book-length exploration of the dynamic and complex relationship between the two genres. Through close analysis of a wide variety of life writings by…

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Cover of Works of Elizabeth Gaskell Works of Elizabeth Gaskell Joanne Shattock · 2006 ★★★★☆ 4.1 562 pages · ≈ 10 h 24 m · Challenging

Features Elizabeth Gaskell's work. This work brings together her journalism, her shorter fiction, which was published in various collections during her lifetime, her early personal writing, including a diary written…

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Romancing the Self in Early Modern Englishwomen's Life WritingWorks of Elizabeth Gaskell
Goodreads — 4.2 (124)

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Romancing the Self in Early Modern Englishwomen's Life WritingWorks of Elizabeth Gaskell
Ratings — 124
Editions 6 11
Citations 107 —
Want to read — 294
Reading it now — 332
Written reviews — 6
Pages 230 562

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