The angel, the martyr and the whore: Elizabeth Gaskell's female trinity
Elizabeth Gaskell’s two most controversial novels, Mary Barton and Ruth, focus on female characters who represent, respectively, the full acceptance and the incipient refusal of Victorian common sense. In Mary Barton, two stereotypes coexist: the woman-angel (Mary) and the whore (Esther). The novel...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2012
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.34632/mathesis.2012.5234 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:ojs.revistas.ucp.pt:article/5234 |