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Title Children's fiction, 1765-1808 : John Carey, Margaret King Moore, Lady Mount Cashell, Henry Brooke / edited with an introduction and notes by Anne Markey.

Publication Info. Dublin, Ireland ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, [2011]
©2011

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 Moore Stacks  PR8825 .C55 2011    Available  ---
Description 189 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
age Children
Series Literature of early modern Ireland series
Early Irish fiction, c.1680-1820
Literature of early modern Ireland.
Early Irish fiction, c.1680-1820.
Bibliography Includes notes (169-185) and bibliographical references (pages 187-189).
Contents Learning better than house and land / John Carey -- Stories of old Daniel / Margaret King Moore, Lady Mount Cashell -- Fable of the three fishes: Three fishes' from The fool of quality / Henry Brooke. A curious and instructive tale of three little fishes / [anon]. The three little fishes, a story / John Clowes.
Summary Substantial critical attention has been paid in recent years to the ways in which English-language children's fiction of the long 18th century reflected diverse adult anxieties and social concerns. This volume offers a selection of stories encountered by young readers, written by Irish authors and published between 1765 and 1808.
Subject Children's literature, Irish -- Juvenile fiction.
Children's literature, Irish.
Children's literature, Irish -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Children's literature, Irish -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Children's literature -- History and criticism.
Children's literature.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Fiction.
Added Author Markey, Anne, 1958-
Carey, John, 1756-1826.
Moore, Margaret King, 1772-1835.
Brooke, Henry, 1703?-1783.
Clowes, J. (John), 1743-1831.
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