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Charles Godfrey Leland

Charles Godfrey Leland was an American journalist, editor, writer, translator and folklorist (1824–1903). He was born at Philadelphia and died at Florence.

Also recorded as Charles Leland.

Overview

Born at Philadelphia in 1824, died at Florence in 1903.

Catalogued works

46 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1896 to 1900. The first 12 are listed here.

Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches. Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling. A Manual of Mending and Repairing. Johnnykin and the Goblins. The Book of One Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria. Pidgin-English sing-song; or, Songs and stories in the China-English dialect. The Algonquin Legends of New England. Works... Hans Breitmann's barty and other ballads. Fusang. The gypsies. Kulóskap the master,and other Algonkin poems.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 24 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903), poet and journalist, American National Biography Online, 2000. Pamphlet 38. Charles Godfrey Leland and Henry P. Leland, Ye Book of Copperheads. Philadelphia, 1863, Union Pamphlets of the Civil War, 1861–1865. A Bibliography of the Works of Charles Godfrey Leland, Italica, 1948. Smack-Bam, or the Art of Governing Men: Political Fairy Tales of Édouard Laboulaye by Édouard Laboulaye, and: Charles Godfrey Leland and His Magical Tales by Charles Godfrey Leland, Marvels & Tales, 2022. Letter to Charles Godfrey Leland, Dawnland Voices.

In detail

Charles Godfrey Leland studied at Princeton University. the recorded working language is English.

Chronology

  1. 1824Charles Godfrey Leland born at Philadelphia.
  2. 1903Charles Godfrey Leland died at Florence.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Charles Godfrey Leland”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1064562: Charles Godfrey Leland

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