The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of , Ford, Ford,..
Amanda Ford
The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth GaskellMaterial Evidence\nAuthor(s): Amanda Ford\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032341651, 978-1032341651\nSynopsis\nElizabeth Gaskells writings abound in references to a cultural materiality encompassing different types of fabric, stuffs, calicoes, chintzes and fine-point lace. These are not merely the motifs of the Realist genre but reveal a complex polysemy. Utilizing a metonymic examination of these tropes, this volume exposes the dramatic structural and socio-economic upheaval generated by industrialization, urbanization and the widening sphere of empire. The material evidence testifies to the technological and production innovations evolving diachronically for the period, and the evolution of Manchester as the industrial Cottonpolis that clothed the world by the 1840s. This volume analyses Gaskells manipulation of the materiality, arguing its firm .
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