| 词条 | Henrietta Christian Wright |
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| name = Henrietta Christian Wright | image = | caption = | birth_date = February 18, 1854 | birth_place = Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = 1899 | death_place = Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, U.S. | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Author }}Henrietta Christian Wright (1854–1899) was an American children's author[1] who resided in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey.[1] She was born in 1854 in Old Bridge in Middlesex County, New Jersey and died there in 1899 of tuberculosis. See her tombstone here. Publishing careerShe wrote children's books on literature, history and science. One of her children's books, Children's Stories in American Literature: 1660-1860, covered the lives and works of such great authors as Edgar Allan Poe, William Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes.[2] First published in 1861, this book was a part of the everyday schooling of young pre-teens.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} In 1883, the New York publisher White and Stokes published Little Folk in Green written by Wright and illustrated at the age of 16 by Miss Lydia Emmet (1866–1952), who went on to become a noted portrait artist.[3] Wright also produced Children's Stories in English Literature from Taliesin to Shakespeare, in which she introduces traditional songs and literary work by Chaucer, Spenser, Phillip Sidney, and Shakespeare with biographical and historic notes before re-telling their writings in language for children. It was published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1889. Selected works{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
References1. ^{{cite news |title=East Brunswick, New Jersey (Images of America Series) |newspaper=Miami Herald |quote=The city has both an agrarian history and well-defined neighborhoods with fascinating architecture and interesting characters; it has been home to nationally known artist J.C. Thom and noteworthy author Henrietta Christian Wright. |year=1999 |url=http://findnsave.miamiherald.com/Product/1726365 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130129002632/http://findnsave.miamiherald.com/Product/1726365 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2013-01-29 |accessdate=2011-06-13 }} 2. ^Henrietta Christian Wright#cite note-12 3. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=HcsaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA159&dq=%22little+folk+in+green%22+emmet#v=onepage&q=%22little%20folk%20in%20green%22%20emmet&f=false Alden, Henry Mills. Harper's New Monthly Magazine (1883), p. 159] 4. ^1 2 3 4 Henrietta Christian Wright at WorldCat 5. ^Children's Stories in American History Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885 6. ^1 2 [https://books.google.com/books/about/Children_s_Stories_of_the_Great_Scientis.html?id=p5U5PQAACAAJ Children's Stories of the Great Scientists], at Google Books] 7. ^Children's stories in English literature from Shakespeare to Tennyson, 1891 C. Scribner's Sons, New York 8. ^Children's Stories in American Literature: 1861–1896 Charles Scribner's Sons., New York, NY 1895 9. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |title= Bibliography: Henrietta Christian Wright |newspaper= The Guardian |quote= (three books listed) |date= June 13, 2011 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/data/author/henrietta-christian-wright |accessdate= 2011-06-13}} 10. ^American Men of Letters at WorldCat External links
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