Maria Edgeworth, Popular Tales

Sharon Jude Murphy (St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra)

Ed. by Ian Campbell Ross, Trinity College Dublin
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University), Emily Rohrbach (University of Durham)

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First circulation or publication 1804

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England (Country of Origin)

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Children's Literature
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Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849) first published

Popular Tales

in 1804, and her father observed in the preface to the work that readers should not be mislead by the title to the collection:

The title … [was] chosen not as a presumptuous and premature claim to popularity, but from the wish that they may be current beyond circles which are sometimes exclusively considered as polite. The art of printing has opened to all classes of people various new channels of entertainment and information (1: iv-v).

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Citation: Murphy, Sharon Jude. "Popular Tales". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 31 May 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=2614, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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