Amanda Ford

The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell

Material Evidence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring Gaskell's tactile imagination, an embodied relationship with fabrics and sewing, a function of her daily life from an early age, this volume provides insight into the sensory aspects of cloth and its ability to stir affective responses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032341651
• ISBN-10: 1032341653
• Artikelnr.: 71235735

Autorenporträt

Amanda Ford received a Ph.D. in English Literature from King's College, London, in 2021, and her M.A., awarded with a distinction, in 2014. Prior to academic studies, she held senior positions in investment banks. Inspired by her research, she is writing a novel featuring a seamstress whom Gaskell befriended; she is also studying novel writing at the Faber Academy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One: 'Women's chops and changes': Stuff, Woollens and Kasmir Shawls
Chapter Two: Cottons, Calicoes and 'Atrocious Prints'
Chapter Three: Grave Concerns: The Fabrics of Loss and Mourning in Mary
Barton
Chapter Four: Ruffles, Old point and Net Curtains
Chapter Five: Silks and Showiness
Conclusion: Material Twists and Surface Depth