Mrs. E. M. Field
Louise Frances Field | |
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| Born | Louise Frances Story 1856 Cavan, Ireland |
| Died | c. 1940 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Other names | Mrs E. M. Field, Louisa Frances Field, Louise Frances Story Field |
| Occupation | writer |
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]
Life and work
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Mrs. E. M. Field - Oxford Reference". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ Johanna Bradley (2007). From Chapbooks to Plumb Cake: The History of Children's Literature. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-549-34070-6.
- ^ C. Butler (20 March 2006). Teaching Children's Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-230-37940-4.
- ^ Suzanne Le-May Sheffield (5 September 2013). Revealing New Worlds: Three Victorian Women Naturalists. Routledge. pp. 37–. ISBN 978-1-134-69846-2.
- ^ Jarndyce Booksellers' catalogue Women Writers 1795–1927 Part I: A–F (London, Summer 2017).
- ^ "Bryda. By Mrs. E. M. Field. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and » 10 Nov 1888". The Spectator Archive. 10 November 1888. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "E. M. Field". Ricorso. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Book Review: The Mutiny Novels: A Series". Rupkatha.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ Angela Bourke (2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. NYU Press. pp. 924–. ISBN 978-0-8147-9907-9.
- ^ "Madras Musings - We care for Madras that is Chennai". Madras musings. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Author Information At the Circulating Library". Victorian research. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Daniel Hahn (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford University Press. pp. 205–. ISBN 978-0-19-969514-0.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
[edit]- Uncle Jack's Story By Mrs. E. M. Field
- "Fi - New General Catalog of Old Books & Authors". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- "Catalog Search Results". Https. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- Catalog Record: The child and his book. Some account of the... W. Gardner, Darton & co. 1892. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- "Catalog Search Results". Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- Gillian Lathey; Reader in Children's Literature Gillian Lathey (13 September 2010). The Role of Translators in Children's Literature: Invisible Storytellers. Routledge. pp. 210–. ISBN 978-1-136-92575-7.
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