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dc.identifier	ECF_article_13394
dc.title	Philip Hepburn, Stephen Freeman and the American Context of Sylvia’s Lovers
dc.contributor.author	Sdegno Emma
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Articolo
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/it/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-occidentale/2023/57/philip-hepburn-stephen-freeman-and-the-american-co/
dc.description.abstract	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.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 57 \| Settembre 2023
dc.issued	2023-10-30
dc.dateAccepted	2023-07-03
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-05-18
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-1562
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOc/2499-1562/2023/11/016
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	American Civil War
dc.subject	Anti-Slavery movements
dc.subject	Charles Eliot Norton
dc.subject	Elizabeth Gaskell
dc.subject	Napoleonic Wars
dc.subject	Sylvia’s Lovers
dc.subject	The Advantages of Defeat

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Philip Hepburn, Stephen Freeman and the American Context of Sylvia’s Lovers

Emma Sdegno Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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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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30 Ottobre 2023

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03 Luglio 2023

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18 Maggio 2023

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Keywords: Anti-Slavery movements • Sylvia’s Lovers • Elizabeth Gaskell • The Advantages of Defeat • Charles Eliot Norton • Napoleonic Wars • American Civil War

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