"Trifles of value": Craft as communication in Victorian literature【翻译】

Acknowledgments
I would like to thank my incredibly patient and dedicated readers, Dr. Andrea Kaston Tange
and Dr. Laura George. Thank you for your amazing support and encouragement throughout
the length of this project. Laura, thank you for bring Talia Schaffer’s Novel Craft to my
attention, because it became the starting ground for this project. Andrea, thank you for
sharing with me two incredible novels, Cranford and Miss Marjoribanks, which have
changed the way I think about craft representation in the Victorian Period. Without the
guidance of both of you, this project would never have gotten off the ground beyond the
thinking stage. I would also like to thank all of my professors – Dr. Christine Neufeld, Dr.
Laura George, Dr. Elisabeth Däumer, Dr. Craig Dionne, Dr. Abby Coykendall, Dr. Nataša
Kovačević, Dr. Charles Cunningham, and Dr. John Staunton – for shaping the way I think
academically and for consistently pushing me to be a better and braver thinker. It has been an
honor to learn from you over the past two years. I would like to thank Melissa Pompili for
her constant support and much needed Skype sessions. I would like to thank Katie D. LaPlant
for first asking me, “Why don’t you do something with craft?” and for giving me the courage
to pursue a topic I am passionate with. I would like to thank Dee Marquardt for making sure
that I stayed on track, but still made time to stay sane. To my chums from my cohort, Chris
Stuart, Laura Kovick, Ellen Kendrick, and Aleesa Millet, thank you for your support and
encouragement. I am so lucky to know such excellent and passionate scholars. And last, but
not least, to Pamela Thalner, thank you for being my favorite grammar geek and taking on
the onerous task of proofreading this thesis.
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Abstract
This thesis argues that craft functions in the nineteenth century as a form of communication
that expresses female identity in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford and Margaret Oliphant’s Miss
Marjoribanks. By looking at the novels through the lens of Talia Schaffer’s craft paradigm in
connection with Thing theory, it is possible to make connections between the role of craft
and identity, which in turn raises questions about craft and female agency. These connections
to female agency illuminate tensions between craft and the economy, gender disparity in the
arts, and the limitations of class. In order to explore these notions it is integral to investigate
the craft movements that surround them (such as domestic handicrafts, the Design Reform
movement, and the Arts and Crafts movement) because each brings with it a set of aesthetic
standards that inform craft culture. This inquiry ultimately begs the question: has anything
changed in the twenty first century?
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Table of Contents
Dedication……………………………………………………………………………………..ii
Acknowledgments………………………………………………………………,,…………..iii
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………….iv
List of Figures………………………………………………………………………………...vi
Introduction: Craft as Communication………………………………………………………..1
Chapter One: Crafting Identity and Community in Cranford……………………………….12
Chapter Two: The Gendered Difference Between Art and Craft …………………….……..38
Chapter Three: Connoisseurship and the Arts and Crafts Drawing-Room…………..……....63
Conclusion: The Legacy of Victorian Craft……………………………………………….....90
Works Cited………………………………………………………………………………...100
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List of Figures
Figure Page
1 “Woman's purse, Berlin woolwork”…………………………………………………26
Woman's Purse Berlin Wool Work. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons. Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, 27 Mar. 2011. Web. 12 Aug. 2015. <https://commons.wikimedia.org
/wiki/File:Woman%27s_Purse_Berlin_Wool_Work_M2007_211_280_2.jpg>.
2 “Columbine”…………………………………………………………………………46
Morris, William. Columbine. Digital image. Victoria and Albert Museum. Victoria and
Albert Museum, n.d. Web. 12 Aug. 2015. <https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/
O74918/columbine-textile-design-morris-william/>.
3 “Needle Lace Border”………………………………………………………………..51
Needle Lace Border Erzgebirge Germany 1884. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons.
Andrew Dunn, 3 June 2007. Web. 12 Aug. 2015. <https://commons.wikipedia.org/
wiki/File:NeedleLaceBorder_ErzgebirgeGermany1884_detail.jpg>.
4 “Glasgow School of Art; One of the Life Rooms”…………………………………..55
Glasgow School of Art; One of the Life Rooms. 1900. Digital image. The Victorian Web.
N.p., 26 Dec. 2006. Web. 12 Aug. 2015. <http://www.victorianweb.org/gender/
artschools/2.html>.
5 “Apollo of the Belvedere”…………………………………………………………...56
Apollo of the Belvedere. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons. Livioandronico2013, 26 Oct.
2014. Web. 12 Aug. 2015.<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_of_the_
Belevedere.jpg>.
6 “Detail of a sampler embroidered with wool and silk in cross stitch on cotton by
Sarah Bland”…………………………………………………………………………60
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Bland, Sarah. Sampler. Digital image. Victoria and Albert Museum. Victoria and
Albert Museum, n.d. Web. 12 Aug. 2015. <http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/
O70580/sampler-sarah-bland/>.
7 “Screen embroidered in the art needlework style”…………………………………..68
Dearle, John Henry. Screen. Digital image. Victoria and Albert Museum. Victoria and Albert
Museum, n.d. Web. 12 Aug. 2015. <http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78101/
screen-john-henry-dearle/>.
8 “Femmes Au Jardin”…………………………………………………………………86
Monet, Claude. Femmes Au Jardin. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons. The Yorck Project:
10.000 Meisterwerke Der Malerei., 20 May 2005. Web. 12 Aug. 2015.
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet_024.jpg>.
9 “Artichoke”…………………………………………………………………………..88
Dearle, John Henry. Artichoke. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons. Victoria and Albert
Museum, 13 July 2007. Web. 12 Aug. 2015. <https://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/
File:Artichoke_wallpaper_Morris_and_Co_J_H_Dearle.jpg>.
10 “Baby Blanket 1”…………………………………………………………………….93
Caples, Monica. Friendship Blanket. Digital image. Ravelry. Monica Caples, 28 Jan. 2015.
Web. 12 Aug. 2015. <http://images4.ravelry.com/uploads/PixelBamf/
310527445/20150611_161819.jpg>.
11 “Baby Blanket 2”…………………………………………………………………….94
Manderscheid, Wren. Baby Blanket. Digital image. Ravelry. Wren Manderscheid, 7 May
2015. Web. 12 Aug. 2015. <http://forums-d.ravelrycache.com/uploads/
SunriseFiberCo/301599856/IMG_4185_medium.JPG>.

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