Authors
Wynne, DeborahAffiliation
University College ChesterPublication Date
2006-12-20
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
This article discusses Lois the witch, (Elizabeth Gaskell's fictional representation of the Salem witch trials) which was first published serially in Dickens's All The Year Round in 1859. This serialisation led to numerous conservative accounts in the periodical press of the role of the hysterical woman throughout history. In Lois, however, with its representation of mass hysteria, Gaskell refutes the widespread Victorian belief that hysteria is 'natural' for women - a symptom of their vulnerable bodies and minds.Citation
Wynne, D. (2006). Hysteria Repeating Itself: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Lois the Witch’, Women’s Writing, 12(1), 85-97.Publisher
Taylor & FrancisJournal
Women's WritingAdditional Links
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09699080500200251Type
ArticleLanguage
enDescription
This article is not available through ChesterRep.Series/Report no.
Lois the witchElizabeth Gaskell
hysteria
ISSN
0969-9082EISSN
1747-5848Sponsors
This article was submitted to the RAE2008 for the University of Chester - English Language & Literature.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/09699080500200251