The article aims to provide a reading of Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel Ruth (1853) in the light of Victorian realism, more specifically on the characterization of the homonymous protagonist Ruth Hilton, a fallen woman who is given a chance of redemption. Moreover, considering the social stigma surrounding the myth of the fallen woman throughout the nineteenth century and its lack of protagonism in Victorian fiction, the article focuses on how Gaskell’s choices for Ruth influenced the reception of the novel. In the first part, a brief contextualization of the nineteenth-century literary scenario is carried out, followed by a discussion of what defines Victorian realism and how literary criticism was conducted during that period. In a second mome...
Prostitution, an occupation once tolerated in English society, became known as the great social evi...
O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar no romance industrial Norte e Sul, de Elizabeth Gaskel...
Theoretical thesis.Bibliography: pages 79-85.1. Introduction -- 2. "Surely life was a horrible dream...
Elizabeth Gaskell’s two most controversial novels, Mary Barton and Ruth, focus on female characters ...
Victorian literature is filled with images of women who have sinned, but often these characters are ...
Os dois romances mais polémicos de Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton e Ruth, giram em torno de personag...
Using the complex figure of Mary Magdalene, in her various guises as sexualised sinner, repentant we...
This thesis analyzes how the protagonist in Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel Ruth (1853) challenged the ste...
Using the complex figure of Mary Magdalene, in her various guises as sexualised sinner, repentant we...
This study approaches the BBC TV adaptations of certain Elizabeth Gaskell's novels, noting the simil...
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar brevemente la figura de Elizabeth Gaskell, novelista del sig...
This article intends to explore the image of the mythical woman (Athena) in one of the first Victori...
Here I argue that representations of malady in Ruth function in such a way as to not only reinforce ...
„Mrs Gaskells Welt war weit und groß, aber es war jedermanns Welt.“ (Virginia Woolf) Die Arbeit unt...
Elizabeth Gaskell was the author of over forty short stories. Despite the resurgence in Gaskell crit...
Prostitution, an occupation once tolerated in English society, became known as the great social evi...
O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar no romance industrial Norte e Sul, de Elizabeth Gaskel...
Theoretical thesis.Bibliography: pages 79-85.1. Introduction -- 2. "Surely life was a horrible dream...
Elizabeth Gaskell’s two most controversial novels, Mary Barton and Ruth, focus on female characters ...
Victorian literature is filled with images of women who have sinned, but often these characters are ...
Os dois romances mais polémicos de Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton e Ruth, giram em torno de personag...
Using the complex figure of Mary Magdalene, in her various guises as sexualised sinner, repentant we...
This thesis analyzes how the protagonist in Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel Ruth (1853) challenged the ste...
Using the complex figure of Mary Magdalene, in her various guises as sexualised sinner, repentant we...
This study approaches the BBC TV adaptations of certain Elizabeth Gaskell's novels, noting the simil...
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar brevemente la figura de Elizabeth Gaskell, novelista del sig...
This article intends to explore the image of the mythical woman (Athena) in one of the first Victori...
Here I argue that representations of malady in Ruth function in such a way as to not only reinforce ...
„Mrs Gaskells Welt war weit und groß, aber es war jedermanns Welt.“ (Virginia Woolf) Die Arbeit unt...
Elizabeth Gaskell was the author of over forty short stories. Despite the resurgence in Gaskell crit...
Prostitution, an occupation once tolerated in English society, became known as the great social evi...
O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar no romance industrial Norte e Sul, de Elizabeth Gaskel...
Theoretical thesis.Bibliography: pages 79-85.1. Introduction -- 2. "Surely life was a horrible dream...