Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Markey, Anne.

Description

1. 189 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

1. Substantial critical attention has been paid in recent years to the ways in which English-language children's fiction of the long 18th century reflected diverse adult anxieties and social concerns. This volume offers a selection of stories encountered by young readers, written by Irish authors and published between 1765 and 1808.

Series statement

1. Literature of early modern Ireland series
2. Early Irish fiction, c.1680-1820

Uniform title

1. Literature of early modern Ireland.
2. Early Irish fiction, c.1680-1820.

Subject

1. Children's literature, Irish > Juvenile fiction
2. Children's literature, Irish > 18th century
3. Children's literature, Irish > 19th century
4. Children's literature > History and criticism

Contents

1. Learning better than house and land / John Carey -- Stories of old Daniel / Margaret King Moore, Lady Mount Cashell -- Fable of the three fishes: Three fishes' from The fool of quality / Henry Brooke. A curious and instructive tale of three little fishes / [anon]. The three little fishes, a story / John Clowes.

Call number

1. JFE 11-3215

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes notes (169-185) and bibliographical references (p.187-189).

Title

1. Children's Fiction, 1765-1808 : John Carey, Margaret King Moore, Lady Mount Cashell, Henry Brooke / edited with an introduction and notes by Anne Markey.

Imprint

1. Dublin, Ireland ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, c2011.

Series

1. Literature of early modern Ireland series
2. Early Irish fiction, c.1680-1820
3. Literature of early modern Ireland.
4. Early Irish fiction, c.1680-1820.

Bibliography

1. Includes notes (169-185) and bibliographical references (p.187-189).

Added author

1. Markey, Anne.

ISBN

1. 9781846822872
2. 1846822874
3. 9781846822889 (pbk.)
4. 1846822882 (pbk.)

Research call number

1. JFE 11-3215