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STAFFORDSHIRE
Leclaire (1954:152): “Born at West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Essentially a journalist. Many novels came from his pen, one or two a year since 1879. A few are of real interest here. They relate to the district of Cannock Chase.”
WORKS
1882. Joseph’s Coat. London: Chatto & Windus. EDD.
1885. Rainbow Gold. London: Smith, Elder & Co. EDD.
“Village company and talk in Cannock Chase, Staffs.” (Leclaire 1954:152)
1886. Aunt Rachel. A rustic sentimental comedy. London. Macmillan & Co. EDD.
“The same people as in the preceding novel.” (Leclaire 1954:152)
1887. Old Blazer’s Hero. London: Chatto & Windus. Published in Good Words 1887: 73, 145, 249, 289, 422, 467, 534, 605. SC.
“A mine surveyor and his rival; a Cannock Chase coal mine. Old Blazer is the name of the mine.”
(Leclaire 1954:152)
1890. John Vale’s Guardian. London: Macmillan. SC. EDD.
1896. A Capful o’ Nails. London: Chatto & Windus. SC.
KINGKONG PROJECT
David Christie MURRAY (M: 1847 Apr 13 - 1907 Aug 1)
Life's Atonement [f|1880]
22206 Coals Of Fire.. [s|1882]
A Model Father [f|1883]
Val Strange [f|1883]
By The Gate Of The Sea [f|1883]
Hearts [f|1883]
The Way Of The World [f|1884]
Cynic Fortune [f|1886]
22202, Aunt Rachel [f|1886]
Old Blazer's Hero [f|1887]
22271 Schwartz [s|1889]
John Vale's Guardian [f|1890]
22205,q In Direst Peril [f|1894]
The Rising Star [f|1894]
22204 The Making Of A Novelist [a|1894]
22203 My Contemporaries In Fiction [n|1897]
The Church Of Humanity [f|1901]
22276 Despair's Last Journey [f|1901]
22275 VC [f|1904]
The Brangwyn Mystery [f|1906]
The Penniless Millionaire [f|1907]
22200 Recollections [a|1908]
His Father's Honour [f|1909]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE
García-Bermejo Giner, María F. 1994. “Sources for the Linguistic Analysis of some 19th century Midland Dialects”. In W. Viereck. ed. Verhandlungen des Internationalen Dialektologenkongresses Bamberg 1990. Vol.3: Regionalsprachliche Variation, Umgangs- und Standardsprachen. Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik. Beihefte 76: Stuttgart: Franz Steiner: 232-245
Murray, David Christie. 1887. A Novelist’s Notebook. London: Chatto and Windus.
Murray, David Christie. 1894. The Making of a Novelist. London: Chatto and Windus.
Nash, Andrew. 2002. "Life in Gissing's New Grub Street: David Christie Murray and the Practice of Authorship 1880-1900" . The Social, Economic and Literary History of Book, Newspaper and Magazine Publishing 51: 21-60.
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LITERARY DIALECTS
1800-1950
WEST MIDLANDS
STAFFORDSHIRE PROSE
David Christie Murray
(1847-1907)
(1887)