English Language and Literature ETDs
Publication Date
Summer 6-1-1954
Abstract
It is the purpose of this study (1) to show the many influences which led Elizabeth Gaskell to write novels concerned with social problems of her day; (2) to show the relation of her social attitudes as revealed in three novels to her times and to the influences working on her; and (3) to show how she hoped to bring about reforms through her social problem novels.
Degree Name
English
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
English
First Committee Member (Chair)
Cecil Vivian Wicker
Second Committee Member
Dane Farnsworth Smith
Third Committee Member
None
Language
English
Keywords
Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, North and South, Ruth, Great Britain, Social History, Nineteenth Century British Literature
Document Type
Thesis
Recommended Citation
Lakin, Carrie. "Mrs. Gaskell's Social Attitudes in Relation to Her Times." (1954). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/engl_etds/161
Included in
Literature in English, British Isles Commons, Modern Literature Commons, Women's Studies Commons
