Negotiating Mary Barton

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Negotiating Mary Barton by Richard Gravil is a critical exploration of Elizabeth Gaskell's seminal novel, Mary Barton. This micro-ebook, part of the Master Narratives series, delves into Gaskell's portrayal of class conflict, social justice, and the complex narrative voice used to address a deeply polarized 19th-century audience. Gravil examines Gaskell's dual narrative technique, her depiction of the industrial working class, and the ideological tensions that underpin the novel. This essay is a valuable resource for literature students, scholars, and readers interested in Victorian literature, narrative theory, and social criticism.

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Richard Gravil was Secretary of the Wordsworth Conference Foundation and Director of the Summer Conference 2007-2010, and of the Wordsworth Winter School. He wrote Romantic Dialogues: Anglo-American Continuities, 1776-1862 (2000), of Wordsworth's Bardic Vocation, 1787-1842 (2003), and of Wordsworth and Helen Maria Williams; or, the Perils of Sensibility (2010). He edited or co-edited nine books, including collections of essays on Coleridge, Swift, Wordsworth, Anglo-American Poetry and Nineteenth Century Fiction.