Dinah Craik

Dinah Craik was a writer, novelist, poet and essayist (1826–1887). She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and died at Shortlands.

Also recorded as Dinah Maria Craik; Miss Mulock; Mrs. Craik; Mrs Craik; Dinah Craix; Dinah (Maria) Mulock.

Dinah Craik in brief

Born
1826
Died
1887
Known for
writer, novelist, poet and essayist
Place of birth
Stoke-on-Trent
Contents

Identity and origins

Dinah Craik was recorded at birth as Dinah Maria Mulock. She also worked under the name Miss Mulock. The authorities additionally record the headings Dinah Maria Craik, Miss Mulock, Mrs. Craik, Mrs Craik and Dinah Craix. Her recorded languages were English, Italian, Latin and Greek.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 2: John Halifax, Gentleman and The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak.

Literature

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

Craik [née Mulock], Dinah Maria (1826–1887), writer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. Mulock, Dinah Maria, afterwards Mrs. Craik (1826–1887), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Chapitre 2. Les France de Dinah Craik: Maxime Leroy, ‘Curious about France’ : Visions littéraires victoriennes. Dinah Mulock Craik: Ambivalent Romanticism, Victorian Women's Fiction, 2012. Disfigurement and Beauty in Dinah Craik and Charlotte Yonge, The Woman Painter in Victorian Literature, 2021. ‘How differently it came upon her’: The Ageing Young Stepmother in Charlotte Yonge’s The Young Step-Mother and Dinah Craik’s Christian’s Mistake, 19, 2021. Inside Digital Dinah Craik: Feminist Pedagogy, Cognitive Apprenticeship, and the TEI, Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative, 2019.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 20 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Dinah Craik studied at Bedford College. the recorded working language is English, Italian and Latin.

The field of work recorded is poetry and essay.

Works named in the authority record are John Halifax, Gentleman and The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak.

Chronology

  1. 1826Dinah Craik born at Stoke-on-Trent.
  2. 1887Dinah Craik died at Shortlands.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Chapitre 2. Les France de Dinah Craik: Maxime Leroy, ‘Curious about France’ : Visions littéraires victoriennes

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Craik [née Mulock], Dinah Maria (1826–1887), writer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

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  3. 3.

    Dinah Mulock Craik: Ambivalent Romanticism, Victorian Women's Fiction, 2012

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  4. 4.

    Disfigurement and Beauty in Dinah Craik and Charlotte Yonge, The Woman Painter in Victorian Literature, 2021

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  5. 5.

    Mulock, Dinah Maria, afterwards Mrs. Craik (1826–1887), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for Dinah Craik (Internet Archive), 0 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Dinah Craik.

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Dinah Craik as creator.

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2331155: Dinah Craik

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Dinah Craik”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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