Staffordshire Dialect

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

Joseph’s Coat. 1882.  London: Chatto & Windus. SC. EDD.

Rainbow Gold. 1885. London: Smith, Elder & Co. SC. EDD

        “Village company and talk in Cannock Chase, Staffs.” (Leclaire 1954:152)

Aunt Rachel. A rustic sentimental comedy. 1886. London. Macmillan & Co. SC. EDD

        “The same people as in the preceding novel.” (Leclaire 1954:152)

Old Blazer’s Hero. 1887. 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)

John Vale’s Guardian. 1890. London: Macmillan. SC. EDD

A Capful o’ Nails. 1896. London: Chatto & Windus. SC. Not in EDD.

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]

22204,q       In Direst Peril [f|1894]

        Joseph's Coat [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

http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/murray.htm

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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