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Tables of Contents for Women's Voices in the Fiction of Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865)
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
ix
Acknowledgements
xiii
Introduction
1
14
Part I Gaskell and the Early Victorian Period
Social Change
15
11
The Status of Women
26
27
Part II Gendering the Narrator
The Limits of Space
53
21
A Different Perception of Time
74
14
Characterisation: Undermining Stereotypes
88
21
Part III The Gender of Voice and Discourse
Social Hierarchy
109
15
Politics and Business
124
13
Education and Culture
137
10
The Law of the Father
147
19
Women on their Own
166
33
Part IV Speaking Differently
The Ambiguities of Silence
199
41
The Alternative Languages Elaborated by Women
240
34
Conclusion
274
9
Bibliography
283
5
Index
288