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1. 1. Hierarchy, Gentility and Humanity in Elizabeth Gaskell´s Cranford

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Ingrid Lundquist; [2013]
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   Abstract : The essay consists of three chapters. Chapter One first deals with the hierarchy in Cranford and within the ladies´ community. The basis of rank is then developed. The second part of Chapter One explores what behaviour and manners are considered “genteel” or “vulgar”. READ MORE

3. 2. Preservation and Progress in Cranford

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Katherine Leigh Anderson; [2009]
   Keywords : preservation; Elizabeth Gaskell; progress; change; historical transmission; role of literature; Cranford; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The threat of change and the loss it can incur creates the need to preserve a detailed version of the past. Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford can be interpreted as a piece looking backwards as a means of looking forward; acknowledging and commemorating the existence of a rich and detailed past allows for the closing of its chapters, and thus eventual movement into a new future. READ MORE