THE SALAMANCA CORPUS:

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS


SUFFOLK

DING 2013: " The ms of The Farmer’s Boy is kept at Houghton Library (Harvard), MS Eng 776. It contains dialect features that were eliminated by the editor when it was published.”


WORKS

1800. The Farmer's Boy; a rural poem. London: Printed for Vernor, Hood and Sharpe; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme . SC. EDD.

1802. Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood; London: Longman and Rees. SC. EDD.

1806. “The Horkey”. Wild Flowers. London: Printed for Vernor, Hood and Sharpe; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme: 31-49. SC.


KINGKONG PROJECT

Robert BLOOMFIELD (M: 1766 Dec 3 - 1823 Aug 19)

9092       The Farmer's Boy [p|1800]

               Rural Poems [p|1802]

               The Fakenham Ghost [p|1813]

               The History Of Little Davy's New Hat [1815]

9043        May Day With The Muses [?]

9047        The Banks Of Wye [?]

9093        Rural Tales, Ballads, And Songs [s|?]

9094        Wild Flowers [p|?]

&               The Horkey [p|?]


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HER LIFE AND WORKS SEE

http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0012%2FMS%20Add.8550

http://robertbloomfieldsociety.blogspot.com.es/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bloomfield

Kaloustian, David. 2004. "Bloomfield, Robert (1766–1823)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2676, accessed 18 May 2015]



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DIALECT LITERATURE

1800-1950

     EAST ANGLIA

SUFFOLK VERSE

Robert Bloomfield

(1766-1823)

The Farmer's Boy
(1800)
The Farmer's Boy
(1800)
Rural Ballads Tales and Songs 
(1802)
Rural Ballads Tales and Songs
(1802)
The Horkey
(1806)
The Horkey
(1806)
Robert Bloomfield's Grave 
All Saints Churchyard, Campton, Bedforshire
Robert Bloomfield's Grave
All Saints Churchyard, Campton, Bedforshire