Английская Википедия:Henrietta Christian Wright
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Henrietta Christian Wright (1852–1899) was an American children's author who resided in the Old Bridge section of East Brunswick, New Jersey.[1] She was born there on February 18, 1852, died there on December 13, 1899, and buried in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery.[2]
Publishing career
She wrote children's books on literature, history and science. One of her children's books, Children's Stories in American Literature: 1660-1860, covered the lives and works of such great authors as Edgar Allan Poe, William Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes.[3] First published in 1861, this book was a part of the everyday schooling of young pre-teens.Шаблон:Citation needed In 1883, the New York publisher White and Stokes published Little Folk in Green written by Wright and illustrated at the age of 16 by Miss Lydia Emmet (1866–1952), who went on to become a noted portrait artist.[4] Wright also produced Children's Stories in English Literature from Taliesin to Shakespeare, in which she introduces traditional songs and literary work by Chaucer, Spenser, Phillip Sidney, and Shakespeare with biographical and historic notes before re-telling their writings in language for children. It was published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1889.
Selected works
- Little Folk in Green: New Fairy Stories, New York : White and Stokes, 1882[5]
- Children's Stories in American History, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885[6]
- The Princess Lilliwinkins and Other Stories, New York, Harper & brothers, 1889[5][7]
- Children's Stories in English Literature from Shakespeare to Tennyson, 1891 C. Scribner's Sons, New York[8]
- Children's Stories of the Great Scientists, New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1888,[5] publ. 1894[7] Republished by Dodo Press, 2008, paperback[9]
- Children's Stories in English Literature from Taliesin to Shakespeare, New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889[5]
- Children's Stories in American Literature: 1861–1896, Charles Scribner's Sons., New York, NY 1895[10] Republished by Arden Library, 1978[9]
- American Men of Letters, 1660–1896, London, D. Nutt, 1897[11]
- Children's Stories of American Progress, New York, C. Scribner's sons, ©1886,[5] publ. 1914.[7] Republished by Read Books, paperback, 2010[9]
References
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Henrietta Christian Wright#cite note-12
- ↑ Alden, Henry Mills. Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1883), p. 159
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 Henrietta Christian Wright at WorldCat
- ↑ Children's Stories in American History Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 7,2 Children's Stories of the Great Scientists, at Google Books]
- ↑ Children's stories in English literature from Shakespeare to Tennyson, 1891 C. Scribner's Sons, New York
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 9,2 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Children's Stories in American Literature: 1861–1896 Charles Scribner's Sons., New York, NY 1895
- ↑ American Men of Letters at WorldCat
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