public static string XmlEscape(string unescaped)
{
    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    XmlNode node = doc.CreateElement("root");
    node.InnerText = unescaped;
    return node.InnerXml;
}

public static string XmlUnescape(string escaped)
{
    XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
    XmlNode node = doc.CreateElement("root");
    node.InnerXml = escaped;
    return node.InnerText;
}