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"Household forms and ceremonies": narrating routines in Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford.(Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford)

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From: Studies in the Novel
Date: 20060322
Author:Meir, Natalie Kapetanios

Critics discussing Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford (1851-53) frequently situate it in relation to other genres of writing. In fact, owing in part to Cranford's original composition, a series of sketches published in rather irregular increments in Household Words, and in part to its unique emphasis on daily life, critics often question whether Cranford is even a novel. (1) While some have argued that Cranford is lacking formal unity, Tim Dolin argues that the novel does have a particular structure, though it is "organized like a collection of anecdotes, printed on cards and bundled ...

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