16, 2002, 34-5
mechanics’ institutes 7, 1993, 57, 58, 61, 64n5; 13, 1999, 86, 98, 102n44, n46; 15, 2001, 8; 16, 2002, 36
see also self-improvement; working class education
medicine see doctors/medical practice; nurses/nursing
Meisel, Martin
Realisations… 11, 1997, 47
Melchers, Gunnel
melodrama 11, 1997, 45, 83, 85n12
see also narrative structure
Memoirs elucidatory of the Life and Times of Madame de Sévigné 7, 1993, 24-6; 13, 1999, 15-24
men
in Cranford 1, 1987, 11-24; 9, 1995, 55, 61-4; 11,
1997, 32
cross-dressing 9, 1995, 23-4; 14, 2000, 5-6
as dominant 1, 1987, 11, 14, 15-16; 8, 1994, 23; 9, 1995, 53; 14, 2000, 1, 62-3, 64, 69
ethical maturity 2, 1988, 84-5
gender issues 8, 1994, 15-27; 9, 1995, 23-4; 10, 1996, 22-3; 14, 2000, 56-65
in nineteenth century novels 9, 1995, 55-65
see also sexual conflict; women
men’s fashion/style 12, 1998, 31-2; 14, 2000, 5-6
Menzies, Katherine see Holland, Katherine
Menzies, Sutherland 3, 1989, 9, 27n8
Mérimée, Prosper 7, 1993, 24, 34n24
The Merry Muses of Caledonia… (songs) 8, 1994, 43-4
Michel, Francisque
Histoire des races maudites 17, 2003, 32n15
middle classes 13, 1999, 103n52
see also class distinction; working classes
Middleton, Dorothy
Victorian Lady Travellers… 5, 1991, 36n6
Middleton, Thomas
Annals of Hyde and District 3, 1989, 17, 18, 19
Miles Platting Institution, Manchester 13, 1999, 95
Mill, James 5, 1991, 34
Mill, John Stuart 5, 1991, 17, 18, 24; 6, 1992, 56n14;
8, 1994, 51; 14, 2000, 97; 16, 2002, 69
Millais, John Everett 1, 1987, 53
Madame de Monferrato 1, 1987, 51, 59
Millar, James
Encyclopaedia Edinensis 8, 1994, 50
Miller, Andrew H.
Novels behind glass… 14, 2000, 13n20; 17, 2003, 49n19
Miller, Jean Baker 2, 1988, 88
Miller, Jonathan
Subsequent Performances 14, 2000, 92
Miller, Perry
The Transcendentalists 15, 2001, 13n10
Milligan, Barry
Pleasures and Pains … 17, 2003, 11n13
Millington, William
Sketches of Local Musicians… 13, 1999, 91
Mills, C. 16, 2002, 83n1
Mills, Cotton Mather
as Elizabeth Gaskell’s pseudonym 15, 2001, 54; 17, 2003, 92
Milnes, Richard Monckton 11, 1997, 13n4
Milton, John 6, 1992, 33
Paradise Lost 5, 1991, 37, 48-9; 9, 1995, 32; 17, 2003, 36
Mingay, G. E.
The Agricultural Revolution … 17, 2003, 32n21
Mitchell, Rosa 11, 1997, 59; 16, 2002, 67
Mitchell, Sally
The Fallen Angel… 11, 1997, 67n15
mobility see travel
‘Modern Greek Songs’ (article) 7, 1993, 18; 10, 1996, 27-8; 13, 1999, 44; 14, 2000, 69; 16, 2002, 36
Mohl, Julius (Mary Mohl’s husband) 7, 1993, 20-21,
34n24; 13, 1999, 43, 46, 53n49
Mohl, Mme Mary 2, 19, 34, 36, 38; 5, 1991, 31; 7, 1993, 17-18, 20, 26, 29, 31
character 13, 1999, 37-8, 43-4, 46
family 13, 1999, 36-7, 39
Claude Fauriel and 13, 1999, 40-44
Elizabeth Gaskell, correspondence with 7, 1993, 20; 13, 1999, 37
Elizabeth Gaskell and 13, 1999, 36-8, 43-53; 15, 2001, 59
her home 13, 1999, vi, 45, 47
life 7, 1993, 20-23; 13, 1999, 15, 36-7, 38-40
Mme Récamier… 7, 1993, 21; 13, 1999, 15
sketch of, by William Wetmore Story 13, 1999, cover
Mohl, Robert von (Mary Mohl’s brother-in-law)
7, 1993, 37
Moir, George 14, 2000, 62
Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)
Le Medicin Malgre Lui 12, 1998, 25-6
‘Monkshaven’ (short story)
George Du Maurier’s illustrations 1, 1987, 49
monogenetics 17, 2003, 19-20, 32n20
see also evolutionary theory
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley 7, 1993, 2
Montégut, Emile
on Ruth 4, 1990, 64-5
The Monthly Repository (Unitarian Journal) 5, 1991, 16, 17; 8, 1994, 5, 7; 15, 2001, 4; 16, 2002, 65, 69
Moore, James see Desmond, Adrian and Moore, James
Moore, John 13, 1999, 88, 101n14
‘The Moorland Cottage’ (short story) 2, 1988, 41-58
American publication 17, 2003, 83
Charlotte Brontë on 7, 1993, 42, 43
characters/themes 2, 1988, 43, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54; 7, 1993, 42-3; 15, 2001, 54
Myles Birket Foster’s illustrations 2, 1988, cover, 41, 45, 46-54, 46-55
German allusions in 7, 1993, 42-3
Italian translation 1, 1987, 42
publication 2, 1988, 41
More, Hannah
Strictures on…female education 14, 2001, 12n2
More, Paul Elmer 16, 2002, 60
Morgan, Susan
Sisters in Time… 13, 1999, 58, 67
Morley, Henry
Palissy the Potter 14, 2000, 15
Morley, John
Death, Heaven and the Victorians 14, 2000, 13n19
Morning Chronicle 3, 1989, 50; 16, 2002, 34-5
Morse, Deborah Denenholz 17, 2003, 64, 74n30
‘Morton Hall’ (short story) 5, 1991, 68; 9, 1995, 14, 15
characters/themes 17, 14-15, 16-18, 24, 28
Moses (biblical character) 1, 1987, 20
motherhood see child care; children; ‘maternal thinking’ concept
Mott, Frank Luther
A History of American Magazines 17, 2003, 102n3
Mounier, Mario 4, 1990, 61
mourning clothes 14, 2000, 4-12
‘Mr Harrison’s Confession’ (short story) 3, 1989, 31
critical assessments of 12, 1998, 28
as precursor to Cranford 12, 1998, 28, 34
as social history 12, 1998, 28-36
Edgar Wright’s edition 12, 1998, 35n1
Muller, H. J.
Modern Fiction… 16, 2002, 63n37
Müller, Max (William Müller’s son) 5, 1991, 51; 12, 1998, 13n16
Müller, Wilhelm
Der schöne Müllerin 12, 1998, 5, 13n16
Mulock, Dinah 16, 2002, 88
Mumby, Frank Arthur
Publishing and Bookselling 8, 1994, 68n5
Munro, Revd Alexander 7, 1993, 52
G. Munro (publisher) 17, 2003, 83-4
Murdoch, Alexander 8, 1994, 85n1
Murray, Grenville
‘Cheap Pleasures - A Gossip’ 17, 2003, 36
Murray, John 8, 1994, 81
Murray, John (II) 8, 1994, 80
Murray, Thomas 8, 1994, 51
music 8, 1994, 4; 13, 1999, 90, 91-2, 94-5, 102n40
importance of 7, 1993, 57-8
see also songs and ballads
Musselwhite, David 10, 1996, 87
My Diary… 7, 1993, 67-79; 16, 2002, 87-90, 91, 94, 96,
97, 101, 104, 105, 107
dedication 7, 1993, 67
importance of 7, 1993, 72
as privately printed 7, 1993, 67
themes 4, 1990, 58, 68-79
‘My French Master’ (short story) 2, 1988, 34-6; 7, 1993, 17
characters/themes 7, 1993, 16; 12, 1998, 6-7; 17, 2003, 14-15, 18, 68, 69, 70-71
French revolution in 12, 1998, 6-7; 17, 2003, 18
publication in Household Words 2, 1988, 34
My Lady Ludlow… 3, 1989, 29-41
American pirated edition 3, 1989, 31, 40n3
American publication 17, 2003, 83
characters/themes 2, 1988, 36-8; 3, 1989, 31-40; 5, 1991, 5-6, 13, 69; 10, 1996, 53-64; 11, 1997,
69-76, 70, 72, 73, 74; 14, 2000, 27; 15, 2001, 33;
16, 2002, 15, 18, 19; 17, 2003, 14-15, 20-24, 60
children depicted in 10, 1996, 58
class distinction depicted in 3, 1989, 33, 34; 10, 1996, 54-5
critical assessments of 3, 1989, 29, 30-31, 41n8; 10, 1996, 53
education depicted in 10, 1996, 54; 17, 2003, 22-3
evolutionary theory depicted in 17, 2003, 2024
French Revolution depicted in 2, 1988, 36-8; 3, 1989, 31-3, 37; 10, 1996, 53, 56, 57-9; 15, 2001, 31, 32, 35, 37, 37n7
Elizabeth Gaskell on 10, 1996, 54
narrative voice 3, 1989, 36, 41n5; 10, 1996, 56, 60, 61; 11, 1997, 70; 15, 2001, 31, 32-3
publication in Household Words 2, 1988, 36; 3, 1989, 29-30; 10, 1996, 54; 15, 2001, 30-37, 37n2
religious houses depicted in 17, 2003, 60
reviews of 3, 1989, 30-31
Round the Sofa as original title 3, 1989, 30; 15, 2001, 30-31, 33, 36-7; 17, 2003, 80, 92, 97
setting of 5, 1991, 13-14
social change depicted in 3, 1989, 31-40; 10, 1996, 53-64; 17, 2003, 14-15
style/structure 3, 1989, 29-30, 36-9; 10, 1996, 56
themes see characters/themes above
-
W. Ward’s edition 3, 1989, 30
working classes depicted in 10, 1996, 57, 58
working women depicted in 11, 1997, 69-76
Edgar Wright’s edition 10, 1996, 64n7
Nadel, Ira Bruce
Biography… 14, 2000, 3
Naismyth, James 16, 2002, 30
Napier, Macvey 8, 1994, 49, 50
narrative structure 8, 1994, 57-8, 60, 65, 67, 97n6; 11,
1997, 84n9; 14, 2000, 86
George Eliot’s 16, 2002, 15
Elizabeth Gaskell on 3, 1989, 36-7; 11, 1997, 80-81 Elizabeth Gaskell’s 14, 2000, 24-34; 16, 2002, 15; 17, 2003, 50, 55-6; see also individual novel titles
melodrama 11, 1997, 45, 83, 85n12
Nash, Joseph 17, 2003, 49n18
The Nation 1, 1987, 38
Elizabeth Gaskell’s obituary 15, 2001, 56; 17, 2003, 83
Wives and Daughters reviewed in 15, 2001, 62n8
National Library of Scotland
holdings 1, 1987, 2, 9n6
‘natural history of man’ debate 16, 2002, 31-47
natural philosophy see scientific interests
nature/natural life 1, 1987, 21; 2, 1998, 15; 5, 1991,
58-9; 16, 2002, 36-7
in art 13, 1999, 1
depicted in Cranford 11, 1997, 27-8
depicted in Cousin Phillis 5, 1991, 40-41, 45; 8, 1994, 37-8; 11, 1997, 35-6
depicted in Wives and Daughters 5, 1991, 54-6,
59-60; 10, 1996, 92-101
flowers 7, 1993, 1-15; 8, 1994, 32
gardens/gardening 4, 1990, 69, 71-2; 7, 1993, 9,
12-14
Elizabeth Gaskell’s love of 12, 1998, 15
in German romanticism 8, 1994, 5
landscape, appreciation of 13, 1999, 75-6
in novels 4, 1990, 65-77
the romantic landscape 4, 1990, 65
the sublime 4, 1990, 65; 13, 1999, 75, 76-7
see also realism; urban life/urbanization
Nead, Lydia
Myths of Sexuality 9, 1995, 30, 34, 35
Necessarianism 6, 1992, 59, 65n3; 16, 2002, 37, 69
needlework
as a female occupation 14, 2000, 2-3, 4, 8, 10
see also seamstresses
Negro races 16, 2002, 32-3
see also ethnology
Nelson, Claudia
Invisible Men… 16, 2002, 88, 110n42
Nelson, Thomas 8, 1994, 85
Nestor, Pauline
Female Friendship and Communities… 16, 2002, 111n51
New, Edmund Hort
illustrations by 5, 1991, cover
New England Loyal Publications Society 1, 1987, 37
Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society 5, 1991,
64, 65, 66; 9, 1995, 68; 16, 2002, 30, 65
History of… 5, 1991, 72n16; 9, 1995, 69nn7-8
Newcastle upon Tyne
depicted in Cranford 5, 1991, 68
depicted in Ruth 5, 1991, 68-9
depicted in Sylvia’s Lovers 5, 1991, 69-70
Elizabeth Gaskell in 4, 1990, 1, 2; 5, 1991, 62-75; 9, 1995, 66-9
Newman, F. W. 6, 1992, 54
newspapers 13, 1999, 98-9
see also individual titles; literary journals/reviews; journalists/journalism; periodical publications; publishing/printing
Newton, Robert (Elizabeth Paulet’s father) 6, 1992, 48
Nichols, Heidi Lynne 17, 2003, 102n3
Nicholls, Arthur Bell (Charlotte Brontë’s husband)
11, 1997, 2, 9, 10, 13n4, 14n13, 18, 19; 14, 2000, 3;
16, 2002, 9, 72, 73
Nicholls, John Ashton 15, 2001, 57-8, 59
In Memoriam… 15, 2001, 62n9
Niebuhr, Barthold 8, 1994, 8
Nightingale, Florence 10, 1996, 24, 47, 50; 11, 1997, 63;
17, 2003, 71, 76n70
Elizabeth Gaskell, correspondence with 17, 2003, 61, 72
Nightingale, Parthenope 17, 2003, 71
Elizabeth Gaskell, correspondence with 10, 1996,
47-8
Noakes, Richard 17, 2003, 32n19
Noctes Ambrosianae 8, 1994, 62, 69n9, 84
Nonconformists see religious conscience
Norman Yoke theory 16, 2002, 47n36
see also ethnology
North American Review 1, 1987, 37, 38
North British Review 16, 2002, 85; 17, 2003, 15
North and South
the Bible in 2, 1988, 22-3, 29
characters/themes 1, 1987, 8, 10-11, 25n12, 42, 44; 2, 1988, 23-31, 86-90; 3, 1989, 1, 39, 50, 52, 72, 74-6; 4, 1990, 28-39, 57-9, 68-70, 72-4, 82; 5, 52, 56, 57; 6, 1992, 7, 52; 7, 1993, 6, 11, 13-14, 42; 8, 1994, 12; 9, 1995, 22-3, 45, 69-71; 10, 1996,
9-11, 14-26, 42-52, 57; 12, 1998, 46, 47; 14, 2000, 26, 73-84; 16, 2002, 4-8, 13, 15, 36-7,
41-3, 54, 71
Chinese translation 13, 1999, 104-7
class distinction depicted in 16, 2002, 5, 6-7
Dorothy Collins’s edition 4, 1990, 91n3
critical assessments of 1, 1987, 43
Dante: Divine Comedy, influence of 10, 1996, 9-11, 50
Charles Dickens on 10, 1996, 42; 14, 2000, 50-56, 73-84
domestic surroundings depicted in 4, 1990, 72-5
George Du Maurier’s illustrations 1, 1987, 53
Angus Easson’s edition 4, 1990, 39n1, 77n2; 6, 1992, 14n2; 14, 2000, 76
emotions depicted in 4, 1990, 68-70, 72-6
epigraphs to 10, 1996, 51; 14, 2000, 76, 77, 82
family values depicted in 1, 1987, 8
flowers depicted in 7, 1993, 5, 6
gardens/gardening depicted in 7, 1993, 13-14
German allusions in 7, 1993, 42; 12, 1998, 9
German romanticism, influence of 8, 1994, 12
houses/homes depicted in 16, 2002, 6-8
humour in 4, 1990, 82
impact/influence of 2, 1988, 81-2
as an industrial novel 4, 1990, 36-9; 8, 1994, 99-102; 10, 1996, 14
Italian translations 1, 1987, 42, 44
Manchester depicted in 3, 1989, 50, 57
narrative voice 10, 1996, 16
political economy discussed in 4, 1990, 28-39
publication in Household Words 10, 1996, 23, 42, 43; 14, 2000, 50-56, 73-84
railway travel depicted in 10, 1996, 21-2
religious conscience depicted in 9, 1995, 69-71; 10, 1996, 42-51
revision of see writing/revision of below
as sentimental 2, 1988, 90
sexual conflict in 2, 1988, 86-90
style/structure 10, 1996, 14
themes see characters/themes above
title 6, 1992, 4; 14, 2000, 74-5
trade unions depicted in 16, 2002, 41-2
trade union violence depicted in 16, 2002, 42-3
working classes depicted in 2, 1988, 23-31, 89, 90; 3, 1989, 34-6; 4, 1990, 30-31, 33-6; 5, 1991, 56; 12, 1998, 42-3; 16, 2002, 41-2
writing/revision of 10, 1996, 23-4; 14, 2000, 50-56, 73-84
Northern Star 13, 1999, 99
Northup, Clark S. 16, 2002, 63n29, n34; 17, 2003, 79, 83, 84, 85, 90n13
Norton, Andrews (Charles Norton’s father) 1, 1987,
31-2
A Translation from the Gospels 1, 1987, 30
as a Unitarian 1, 1987, 31
Norton, Caroline
Stuart of Dunleath 14, 2000, 21
Norton, Catherine (née Eliot) (Mrs Andrews Norton)
1, 1987, 31, 32, 33
Norton, Charles Eliot 4, 1990, 60; 15, 2001, 9, 54, 55
Atlantic Monthly, articles in 1, 1987, 39, 40; 4, 1990, 59
Collected Letters… 1, 1987, 39, 40; 4, 1990, 59; 16,
2002, 28n2
on Cranford 17, 2003, 85
death 1, 1987, 40
education 1, 1987, 32
in Europe 1, 1987, 31, 33, 34, 38, 39; 4, 1990, 59
on evolutionary theory 16, 2002, 14
family 1, 1987, 30, 31, 37
Elizabeth Gaskell, correspondence with 1, 1987,
30-40; 3, 1989, 29; 4, 1990, 63n11; 5, 1991, 52; 6, 1992, 1, 28, 30-31; 7, 1993, 7, 47; 8, 1994, 9; 11, 1997, 59-60, 61, 62-3; 12, 1998, 12, 25; 13, 1999, 13n4; 14, 2000, 16; 15, 2001, 40, 53-6, 61;
16, 2002, 14, 16, 85-6
Elizabeth Gaskell, meetings with 1, 1987, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 38; 4, 1990, 59; 17, 2003, 82
Margaret (‘Meta’) Gaskell, correspondence with 17, 2003, 80-82
Margaret (‘Meta’) Gaskell and 1, 1987, 38, 39-40; 4, 1990, 59
health 1, 1987, 30, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40n4
in India 1, 1987, 31, 32-3
Letters of Mrs Gaskell and Charles Eliot Norton 1, 1987, 40n1; 15, 2001, 54-5, 62n5
New Life of Dante… 1, 1987, 36
Notes of Travel…in Italy 1, 1987, 36
as Professor at Harvard 1, 1987, 39-40
as a sceptic 1, 1987, 38, 39
Norton, Charlotte (Charles Norton’s sister) 1, 1987, 30
Norton, Eliot (Charles Norton’s son) 1, 1987, 37
Norton, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Charles Norton’s daughter)
1, 1987, 37
Norton, Grace (Charles Norton’s daughter) 1, 1987, 32
Norton, John (Charles Norton’s ancestor) 1, 1987, 31
Norton, Louisa (Charles Norton’s sister) 1, 1987, 31
Norton, Susan (née Sedgwick) (Mrs Charles Norton)
1, 1987, 37, 39
Novelle German literary style 12, 1998, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12n9
Novello family 5, 1991, 18-19
nurses/nursing 10, 1996, 24, 47, 50; 11, 1997, 63; 17, 2003, 70, 71-2
Nussey, Ellen 11, 1987, 4, 8, 9
Charlotte Brontë, correspondence with 17, 2003, 75n47
Odyssey 9, 1995, 43
Oedipus complex 2, 1988, 85-6
‘The Old Nurse’s Story’ (short story) 2, 1988, 44; 5, 1991, 67; 8, 1994, 74-5
publication in Household Words 8, 1994, 75
Oldfield, John 10, 1996, 44
‘The Oldham Weaver’ (anon. poem) 8, 1994, 91
quoted in Mary Barton 2, 1988, 5, 6-7; 10, 1996, 28, 30, 36-8; 11, 1997, 48, 50, 51; 13, 1999, 89
Oliphant, Margaret 8, 1994, 54, 55, 65; 10, 1996, 27
Annals of a Publishing House… 8, 1994, 54
on autobiography 14, 2000, 2
Autobiography and Letters… 14, 2000, 64-5, 71n2
critical assessments of 14, 2000, 60-61
The Doctor’s Family 9, 1995, 55, 58-61
on George Eliot 14, 2000, 59-60, 67
on Hardy: Jude the Obscure 14, 2000, 61, 71n8
as a journalist 14, 2000, 59-65, 68
Literary History of England… 14, 2000, 61, 62
men depicted by 9, 1995, 55, 58-61
obituaries of 14, 2000, 61
O’Meara, Kathleen
Madame Mohl… 7, 1993, 23, 34n17
Ommaney, Agnes E. 5, 1991, 9
opium addiction 17, 2003, 6
depicted in Mary Barton 17, 2003, 6-7, 8
opium trade 17, 2003, 4, 5-6, 8, 10n6, 11n12
oral traditions 2, 1988, 5, 6-7, 18-19, 21; 3, 1989, 73-4;
8, 1994, 74-5, 91; 17, 2003, 34
se also dialect words; songs and ballads
Ormond, Leonee
George Du Maurier 1, 1987, 54n1
Orr, Christopher 14, 2000, 100n3
Ossoli, Mme see Fuller, Margaret
Owen’s College, Manchester 17, 2003, 30
Oxford
Brasenose College 10, 1996, cover
pacifism 10, 1996, 48-9; 16, 2002, 51
Page, Norman
The Language of Jane Austen 17, 2003, 53
Speech in the English Novel 8, 1994, 97n8
painters/painting
engravings 1, 1987, 48-9, 50; 2, 1988, 48; 13, 1999, 76
Eliza Fox as an artist 5, 1991, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25
Margaret (‘Meta’) Gaskell as an artist 1, 1987, 38; 8, 1994, 9
landscapes 13, 1999, 75-6
John Ruskin on 1, 1987, 35; 5, 1991, 26; 13, 1999,
1-2, 5, 6-7, 12
see also illustrators/illustrations
Pall Mall Gazette
Elizabeth Gaskell’s unsigned articles in 7, 1993, 30
Palmer, Samuel 4, 1990, 62
paperback editions
of Elizabeth Gaskell’s works 11, 1997, 96-102
Parish, Charles
History of the Newcastle Literary and Philosophical
Society 9,1995, 69n8
Parker Pamela Copron 10, 1996, 20-21
Parker, Theodore 6, 1992, 54
Parkes, Bessie Rayner 5, 1991, 22, 23
as editor, Englishwoman’s Journal 14, 2000, 66-7
Parliamentary representation 2, 1988, 3, 4; 15, 2001, 6
Parr, Harriet 14, 2000, 30
Parr, Norah
James Hogg at Home 8, 1994, 76n2
the past see historical past
paternalism see charity/charitable works
Patmore, Coventry
The Angel in the House 8, 1994, 25; 10, 1996, 65
Patten, Robert see Jordan, John O. and Patten, Robert
Patterson, R. H. 17, 2003, 16
Paulet, Elizabeth (née Newton) (Mrs Etienne Paulet)
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