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Gaskell Gothic Tales Analysis. English novel writer Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most popular ghost stories of her time; thrilling and gruesome but always with an inner message. There’s something about a Gothic tale that goes well with the autumn months particularly.
14 de ago. de 2000 · Laura Kranzler's introduction discusses how Gaskell's tales, with their ghostly doublings and transgressive passions, show the Gothic underside of female identity, domestic relations and male authority. This edition also contains a chronology, further reading and explanatory notes. Show more.
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1 de feb. de 2001 · Gaskell was fascinated by the dualities in women's lives and the way in which fact and fiction merge. 'Disappearances', a mix of gossip, legend and fact, relates stories of mysterious vanishings,...
JULIA McCORD CHAVEZ. Abstract: Elizabeth Gaskell’s significant body of short Gothic fiction, written primarily between 1850 and 1861 for the periodical press, reflects a crucial moment of development for nineteenth-century Gothic and sensation fiction.
This thesis discusses selected short stories by Elizabeth Gaskell. It focuses on three main ideas: the use of pagan traditions and the importance of names in her gothic tales (Chapter One); the incorporation of her Unitarian beliefs in stories depicting spiritually and sexually "Fallen Women" (Chapter Two); and the various types of female ...
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1 de may. de 2010 · Gothic Studies. Elizabeth Gaskell uses Gothic as a symbolic language to explore the dark side of Unitarian thought. She explores, in rationalist terms, evil's origins, effects and remedy, using Gothic tropes as metaphors for humanly created misery.
12 de sept. de 2013 · 'Disappearances', a mix of gossip, legend and fact, relates stories of mysterious vanishings, 'Lois the Witch', a novella based on an account of the Salem witch hunts, shows how sexual desire and jealousy lead to communal hysteria and persecution, while 'The Grey Woman' explores a common Gothic theme, the way in which the ghosts of ...
