Mrs. E. M. Field

Louise Frances Field
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 who wrote the first historical study of children's literature.[2][3][4]

Born Louise Frances Story in 1856 to a Justice of the Peace in Bingfield, Crossdoney, Co. Cavan, Field wrote under the name Mrs Field or Mrs E.M. Field and is occasionally listed as Louisa.[5][6] She wrote stories for and about children and was known for her writings on the Sepoy Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Irish Famine.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Works

References

  1. "Mrs. E. M. Field - Oxford Reference". Oxford Reference. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  2. Johanna Bradley (2007). From Chapbooks to Plumb Cake: The History of Children's Literature. ProQuest. pp. 10–. ISBN 978-0-549-34070-6.
  3. C. Butler (20 March 2006). Teaching Children’s Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-0-230-37940-4.
  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. "Bryda. By Mrs. E. M. Field. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and » 10 Nov 1888". The Spectator Archive. 10 November 1888. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  6. "E. M. Field". Ricorso. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  7. "Book Review: The Mutiny Novels: A Series". Rupkatha.com. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  8. Angela Bourke (2002). The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing. NYU Press. pp. 924–. ISBN 978-0-8147-9907-9.
  9. "Madras Musings - We care for Madras that is Chennai". Madras musings. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  10. "Author Information At the Circulating Library". Victorian research. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  11. 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.
  12. Daniel Hahn (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. Oxford University Press. pp. 205–. ISBN 978-0-19-969514-0.
  13. 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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