Servants and paternalism in the works of Maria Edgeworth and Elizabeth Gaskell
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
c2007.
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| Series: | Nineteenth century
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10209194 |
Table of Contents:
- 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".