Ella D'Arcy

James Fleming (University of Florida)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Dates

Born c. 1856
Died 1937
Activity 1890-1924

Places

Born in England
Active in England; France; France

Activities

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Novelist
Story-writer

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Resources

D'Arcy's Works

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Though Ella D’Arcy was considered by a number of her contemporaries to be among the innovators of “New” fiction in the early to mid 1890s for her decidedly modernistic short stories and her crucial role in the development of

The Yellow Book

quarterly, she has since all but disappeared from the literary map. Yet despite the lack of popular or critical attention that has been given to her over the past century, D’Arcy remains a crucial figure in both the development of experimental fiction in the late 19th century and the transition from Victorianism to Modernism in English fiction at large.

Ella D’Arcy was born in London in either 1856 or 1857 (no record of her birth has been located). She was probably the eldest of five sisters and at least one brother. Her father was Anthony

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Citation: Fleming, James. "Ella D'Arcy". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 March 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1106, accessed 21 November 2024.]