| Mary Barton Contributor(s): Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Author), Recchio, Thomas (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393930637 ISBN-13: 9780393930634 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $23.28 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: Set in Manchester between 1837 and 1842, Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel paints a powerful and moving picture of working-class life in Victorian England. It concerns Mary Barton, a mill worker's daughter eager to rise through the ranks, and her father, who shoots dead the mill owner's son. This adaptation offers a stirring narrative with real insight into the lives of the Victorian working classes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008010821 |
| Series: Norton Critical Editions |
| Physical Information: 1.31" H x 5.2" W x 8.4" (1.37 lbs) 672 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This Norton Critical Edition of Gaskell's first novel is based on the 1854 Fifth Edition, the last edition corrected by the author. "Contexts" includes letters related to Mary Barton's publication as well as Gaskell's reaction to her harshest critics. Ten contemporary reviews reflect the dual nature of the novel's critical reception: one group valuing its eye-opening moral energy and concern for the suffering of the working classes and the other group taking Gaskell to task for the deceptive implications of her perceived flawed reasoning. A section featuring fifteen illustrations from the novel offers readers the opportunity to explore narrative emphases. "Criticism" collects seventeen major interpretations of the novel's central themes. Contributors include Kathleen Tillotson, Richard D. Altick, John Lucas, Catherine Gallagher, Hilary Schor, Deborah Epstein, Susan Zlotnick, Jonathan H. Grossman, and Liam Corley, among others. A Chronology of Gaskell's life and work and a Selected Bibliography are also included. |
Contributor Bio(s): Recchio, Thomas: - Thomas Recchio is Associate Professor of English at the University of Connecticut. He is an advising editor of the Encyclopedia of British Writers: 19th Century and of the Encyclopedia of British Writers: 20th Century. His articles on the Victorian novel have appeared in Dickens Studies Annual, Victorian Studies, the Gaskell Society Journal, and Studies in English Literature, among others. His current work, The Cultural Uses of Cranford, examines the various cultural uses that Elizabeth Gaskell's novel has found since its publication in 1853. |