Anatomy of the Author – Elizabeth Gaskell and the Female Gothic

Through Elizabeth Gaskell and the female gothic, we will use the literary theoretical school of “creative criticism” to explore how to set up an autobiographical survey of an author and a genre. We will explore Gaskell’s gothic short stories as well as the speaker’s experience of writing this work in Manchester during a Fulbright Award, to see how the critic and the subject can come together in innovative ways.

This talk is given by Dr Amy Montz (University of Southern Indiana). She is the University of Manchester Visiting Fulbright Scholar and good friend of the Gaskell Society – her talk will draw on her work undertaken during her time in Manchester.

It takes place in the Samuel Alexander Building (Room A101) and is free and open to all.  You can see the location of the Samuel Alexander Building, plus parking, public transport access information etc here https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/maps/interactive-map/?id=63

As a Gaskellian aside (if we may), the building is right across Oxford Road from Dover Street, the location of Elizabeth Gaskell’s first marital home, where she lived with William 1832-1842.