canonical Dialect
writers
canonical Dialect
writers
Find below a sketch of the most representative canonical writers who used dialect in their works.
The information is based on
. Blake, Norman. 1981. Non-Standard Language in English Literature. London:
André Deutsch.
. Eckhardt, Edouard. 1910-11. Die Dialekt- und Ausländertypen des älteren
Englischen Dramas. Materialen zur Kunde des älteren Englishen Dramas, nos
27 & 32. Louvain: A. Uystpruist 32, Ausländertypen, 49.
. Leclaire, Lucien. 1954. A General Analytical Bibliography of the Regional Novelists of the British Isles 1800-1950. Paris: Les Belless Lettres.
. Wright, Joseph. 1998-1905. English Dialect Dictionary. Vol. 6: Bibliography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ainsworth, William (1805-1882). Lancashire.
. The Lancashire Witches. 1849
Barnes, William (1801-1886). Dorsetshire.
. Poems of Rural Life, in the Dorset Dialect. 1844.
. Hwomely Rhymes; A Second Collection of Poems in the Dorset Dialect. 1859.
. Poems of Rural Life, in the Dorset dialect. A Third Collection. 1863.
Bennett, Arnold (1867-1931). Staffordshire.
. Anna of the Five Towns. 1902.
. Tales of the Five Towns. 1905.
. The Grim Smile of the Five Towns. 1907.
. Clayhanger. 1910.
. The Matador of the Five Towns. 1912.
. etc.
Brome, Richard (1590?-1653)
. A Jovial Crew, or the Merry Beggars. 1652.
. The Late Lancashire Witches.1634.
. The Northern Lass. 1632.
Brontë, Anne (1820-1849)
. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. 1848. Yks.
Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855)
. Shirley. 1849. Yks.
Brontë, Emily J. (1818-1848)
. Wuthering Heights. 1847. Yks.
Congreve, William (1670-1729)
. Love for Love. 1817. In R. Cumberland, ed. The British Drama...
Dekker, Thomas (1572-1632)
. The Bellman of London. 1608.
. English Villainies.
. The Gull’s Horn-Book.
. The Shoemaker’s Holiday, or the Gentle Craft. 1600.
Dickens, Charles (1812-1870)
. Pickwick Papers. 1837.
. Nicholas Nickleby. 1838.
. Oliver Twist. 1838.
. Barnaby Rudge. 1841.
. Martin Chuzzlewit. 1844.
. Dombey and Son. 1848.
. David Copperfield. 1850.
. Bleak House. 1853.
. Great Expectations. 1861.
. Our Mutual Friend. 1865.
Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849)
. Castle Rackrent. 1800. London: J. Johnson. Irl.
. Love & Law.
Eliot, George (1819-1880)
. Adam Bede. 1859. Edinburgh: Blackwood & Sons. Midl.
. The Mill on the Floss. 1860. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons. Midl.
. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe. Edinburgh & London: Blackwood & Sons. Midl.
. Middlemarch, a Study of Provincial Life. 1871. Edinburgh & London: W. Blackwood & Sons. Midl.
Etherege, Sir George ()
. The Comical Revenge or Love in a Tub.
. Everyman.
. Exmoor Courtship.
Fielding, Henry ()
. Jonathan Wild.
. Joseph Andrews.
. Tom Jones.
Gaskell, Elisabeth C. (1810-1865)
. Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life. 1848. London: Chapman & Hall. Lan.
. North and South. 1855. London: Chapman & Hall. Lan., Hmp.
. Sylvia’s Lovers. 1863. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Yks.
. Wives and Daughters. 1864-6. Published in the Cornhill Magazine. Unfinished. Chs.
Goldsmith, Oliver ()
. She Stoops to Conquer
Greene, Robert ()
. The Art of Conny Catching
. The Scottish Hsitory of James VI
Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928)
. Desperate Remedies. A Novel. 1871. London: Tinley Bros.
. Under the Greenwood Tree. 1872. London: Tinley Bros.
. A Pair of Blue Eyes. 1873. London: Tinley Bros.
. Far from the Madding Crowd. 1874. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
. The Hand of Ethelberta, a Comedy in Chapters. 1876. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
. The Trumpet Major. 1880. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
. Two on a Tower. A Romance. London: Trübner & Co.
. The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
. The Woodlanders. 1887. London: Macmillan & Co.
. Wessex Tales, Strange, Lively and Commonplace. 1888. London: Macmillan & Co.
. Tess of d’Urbervilles, a Pure Woman, Faitfully Represented. 1891. London: J.R. Osgood, M’Ilvaine & Co.
. Jude the Obscure. 1895. London: Macmillan & Co.
Heywood, Thomas ()
. The Late Lancashire Witches.
Howard, Sir Robert ()
. The Committee.
Lawrence, D. H. ()
. Sons and Lovers.
. The London Prodigal.
Middleton, Thomas ()
. The Family of Love.
Munday, John ()
. Sir John Old Castle.
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)
. Ballads from the Border Minstrels.
. The Heart of Mid-Lothian. 1818.
. Ivanhoe. 1819.
. The Monastery.
Shadwell, Thomas ()
. The Lancashire Witches.
. The Squire of Alsatia.
Skelton, John ()
. Merry Tales by Master Skelton.
. The Tynnyng of Elynour,
Tennyson, Lord Alfred ()
. Northern Farmer.
. Old Style.
Trollope, Anthony (1815-1882)
. The Warden. 1855. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. Barsetshire.
. Barchester Towers. 1857. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans. Barsetshire.
. Dr. Thorne. 1858. London: Chapman & Hall. Barsetshire.
. Framley Parsonage. 1860-1. Published serially in the Cornhill Magazine. Barsetshire.
. The Small House at Allington. 1862-4. Published serially in the Cornhill Magazine and the Harper’s Magazine. Barsetshire.
. The Last Chronicle of Barset. 1866. NY: Harper. Barsetshire.
. Orley Farm. 1861-2. First published in Harper’s Monthly. Barsetshire.
. The Belton Estate. 1865-6. First published in Fortnightly Review. Barsetshire.
. Rachel Ray. 1863. London: Chapman & Hall. Barsetshire.
. The Vicar of Bulhampton. 1869. London: Chapman & Hall. Barsetshire.
Udall, Nicholas (1504-1556)
. Ralph Roister Doister.
Vanbrugh, Sir John ()
. A Journey to London.
. The Provok’d Wife.
. The Relapse.
Waugh, Evelyn ()
. Decline and Fall.
. The Weakest Goeth to the Wall.
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Canonical dialect writers