The Significance of Fabrics in the Writings of Elizabeth Gaskell: Material Evidence

Exploring Gaskell’s tactile imagination, an embodied relationship with fabrics and sewing, a function of her daily life from an early age, this volume provides insight into the sensory aspects of cloth and its ability to stir affective responses.

Amanda Ford received a Ph.D. in English Literature from King’s College, London, in 2021, and her M.A., awarded with a distinction, in 2014. Prior to academic studies, she held senior positions in investment banks. Inspired by her research, she is writing a novel featuring a seamstress whom Gaskell befriended; she is also studying novel writing at the Faber Academy.