Philip Hepburn, Stephen Freeman and the American Context of Sylvia’s Lovers
Sylvia’s Lovers is a novel about war. It is a historical novel set in the years 1793-1800 during the Napoleonic wars, and written by Elizabeth Gaskell in the years 1859-1862 when the American Civil War broke out, in April 1861. Examining Gaskell’s correspondence with Charles Eliot Norton in the y...
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Sylvia’s Lovers is a novel about war. It is a historical novel set in the years 1793-1800 during the Napoleonic wars, and written by Elizabeth Gaskell in the years 1859-1862 when the American Civil War broke out, in April 1861. Examining Gaskell’s correspondence with Charles Eliot Norton in the years 1861-63 and the articles Norton wrote in support of the War and the anti-slavery cause, this paper explores the way in which the news coming from America and the debates on the contemporary events left a significant mark on the second part of the novel. The implied reference to the context of the American Civil War would shed new light on Gaskell’s narrative choices concerning the plot and the main male character’s development, which has been substantially overlooked.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c725652dbf45462789c5a989c988e8252023-10-30T17:03:34ZdeuFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariAnnali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale2499-15622023-10-01575710.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2023/11/016journal_article_13394Philip Hepburn, Stephen Freeman and the American Context of Sylvia’s LoversSdegno, Emma0Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia Sylvia’s Lovers is a novel about war. It is a historical novel set in the years 1793-1800 during the Napoleonic wars, and written by Elizabeth Gaskell in the years 1859-1862 when the American Civil War broke out, in April 1861. Examining Gaskell’s correspondence with Charles Eliot Norton in the years 1861-63 and the articles Norton wrote in support of the War and the anti-slavery cause, this paper explores the way in which the news coming from America and the debates on the contemporary events left a significant mark on the second part of the novel. The implied reference to the context of the American Civil War would shed new light on Gaskell’s narrative choices concerning the plot and the main male character’s development, which has been substantially overlooked. http://doi.org/10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2023/11/016American Civil War. Anti-Slavery movements. Charles Eliot Norton. Elizabeth Gaskell. Napoleonic Wars. Sylvia’s Lovers. The Advantages of Defeat |
| spellingShingle | Sdegno, Emma Philip Hepburn, Stephen Freeman and the American Context of Sylvia’s Lovers Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale American Civil War. Anti-Slavery movements. Charles Eliot Norton. Elizabeth Gaskell. Napoleonic Wars. Sylvia’s Lovers. The Advantages of Defeat |
| title | Philip Hepburn, Stephen Freeman and the American Context of Sylvia’s Lovers |
| title_full | Philip Hepburn, Stephen Freeman and the American Context of Sylvia’s Lovers |
| title_fullStr | Philip Hepburn, Stephen Freeman and the American Context of Sylvia’s Lovers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Philip Hepburn, Stephen Freeman and the American Context of Sylvia’s Lovers |
| title_short | Philip Hepburn, Stephen Freeman and the American Context of Sylvia’s Lovers |
| title_sort | philip hepburn stephen freeman and the american context of sylvia s lovers |
| topic | American Civil War. Anti-Slavery movements. Charles Eliot Norton. Elizabeth Gaskell. Napoleonic Wars. Sylvia’s Lovers. The Advantages of Defeat |
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