Mrs._E._M._Field

Mrs. E. M. Field

Mrs. E. M. Field

Irish novelist who wrote the first historical study of children's literature

Louise Frances Field (née Story, 1856–1940)[1] was an Irish novelist and literary critic who wrote an early historical study of children's literature in England.[2][3][4][5]

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Life and work

Born Louise Frances Story in 1856 to a Justice of the Peace in Bingfield, Crossdoney, County Cavan, Field wrote under the name Mrs Field or Mrs E. M. Field, and is occasionally listed as Louisa.[6][7] She wrote stories for and about children and was known for her writings on the Sepoy Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Irish Famine.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Works

  • A Brave Girl: The Beginning of Trouble
  • Bryda: A Story of the Indian Mutiny
  • The Way Thither, 1882
  • Denis, 1896
  • Bryda, 1889
  • Ethne, 1889
  • The Child And His Book, 1891/95
  • Little Count Paul, 1894
  • Master Magnus; Or The Prince, The Princess And The Dragon, 1895
  • The Child And His Book, 1896
  • Bid Me To Live, 1898
  • Our Village Candidates Class, 1898
  • At The King's Right Hand, 1904
  • Two Are Company, 1905
  • Castle Dangerous Of Canada, 1913
  • Addresses To Mothers, 1926
  • Mixed Pickles, 1886

References

  1. [1]
    "Mrs. E. M. Field - Oxford Reference". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. [2]
    Johanna Bradley (2007). From Chapbooks to Plumb Cake: The History of Children's Literature. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-549-34070-6.
  3. [3]
    C. Butler (20 March 2006). Teaching Children's Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-230-37940-4.
  4. [4]
    Suzanne Le-May Sheffield (5 September 2013). Revealing New Worlds: Three Victorian Women Naturalists. Routledge. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-134-69846-2.
  5. [5]
    Jarndyce Booksellers' catalogue Women Writers 1795–1927 Part I: A–F (London, Summer 2017).
  6. [6]
    "Bryda. By Mrs. E. M. Field. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and » 10 Nov 1888". The Spectator Archive. 10 November 1888. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  7. [7]
    "E. M. Field". Ricorso. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Book Review: The Mutiny Novels: A Series". Rupkatha.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  9. [9]
    Angela Bourke (2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. NYU Press. pp. 924–. ISBN 978-0-8147-9907-9.
  10. [10]
    "Madras Musings - We care for Madras that is Chennai". Madras musings. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  11. [11]
    "Author Information At the Circulating Library". Victorian research. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  12. [12]
    Charlie Lovett (17 May 2005). Lewis Carroll Among His Books: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Private Library of Charles L. Dodgson. McFarland. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-0-7864-2105-3.
  13. [13]
    Daniel Hahn (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford University Press. pp. 205–. ISBN 978-0-19-969514-0.
  14. [14]
    Charles Allen (5 November 2015). Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling 1865-1900. Little, Brown Book Group. pp. 267–. ISBN 978-0-349-14215-9.

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