{"product_id":"9783032259721","title":"Elizabeth Gaskell’s Unstable Homes Fatherhood and Travel in Gaskell’s Short Stories","description":"\u003ch1\u003eElizabeth Gaskell’s Unstable Homes\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFatherhood and Travel in Gaskell’s Short Stories\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCarolyn Lambert\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Modern \/ 19th Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis book examines apparently dichotomous aspects of Gaskell’s short stories: her failed fathers and her travel writing. The analysis links these themes by examining the ways in which Gaskell used a complex mix of unstable cultural ideas to demonstrate the fragility of home and family life and to challenge gendered norms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe analysis of Gaskell’s fictional fathers is considered in the context of nineteenth-century debates about the role of fathers within the home. Fathers in Gaskell’s stories are presented as a disruptive force, breaking rather than creating a stable, secure family environment.  Their behaviour becomes a motivator for travel as an escape from home. Travel also posed a transgressive challenge to the domestic environment and to gendered norms. Women travel writers were particularly vulnerable to accusations of exaggeration and falsehood. By incorporating themes of travel into her fiction, Gaskell was able to produce texts that are arguably richer than more straightforward travel accounts. In the texts discussed, Gaskell explores the ways in which travel, whether undertaken willingly or reluctantly, requires women to negotiate a physical, geographical and emotional space.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe short stories examined in this book illustrate Gaskell’s narrative hybridity and the ways in which her creative synthesis allows her to subtly challenge existing social and cultural hegemonies. Above all, the texts show her consistent resistance to patriarchal control and her commitment to a more equal and fluid society centred on home and the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eCarolyn Lambert \u003c\/strong\u003eobtained her PhD from the University of Sussex, UK, in 2013. Her publications include \u003cem\u003eThe Meanings of Home in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Fiction \u003c\/em\u003e(2013), ‘Female Voices in Elizabeth Gaskell’s \u003cem\u003eMary Barton\u003c\/em\u003e’ in \u003cem\u003eBritish Women’s Writing From Brontë to Bloomsbury, \u003c\/em\u003eAdrienne E Gavin and Carolyn de la L Oulton, eds, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), \u003cem\u003eFor Better, For Worse: Marriage in Victorian Novels by Women \u003c\/em\u003eco-edited with Marion Shaw (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), \u003cem\u003eFrances Trollope \u003c\/em\u003e(2020) and \u003cem\u003eElizabeth Gaskell’s Smaller Stories \u003c\/em\u003e(Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 May 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032259721\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e129\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47202874753164,"sku":"9783032259721","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032259721.jpg?v=1781089001","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032259721","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}