The city vs. the country: A climate of anti-urbanism in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton
This paper aims to discuss a contrast between the city and the country in Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskell’s first novel. By juxtaposing negative images of early-Victorian Manchester with positive descriptions of rural life and scenery, Gaskell reveals an anti-urban attitude prevalent among a large se...
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Faculty of Philology, University of Bialystok
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Crossroads |
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| Online Access: | https://czasopisma.filologia.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/c/article/view/545 |