THE SALAMANCA CORPUS:

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS

YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING)

DING 2018: “Grew up in the West Riding of Yorkshire. As a journalist he worked for The Yorkshire Observer, The Birmingham Daily Post, The Yorkshire Post, The Daily Mail and The Pall Mall Gazette.”

Leclaire (1954: 185-86): “Was born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire. Lived in London. Was a journalist and a novelist.”

WORKS

1893. Tales of the Yorkshire Wolds. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. SC. EDD.

1896. The Web of an Old Weaver. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. SC. EDD.

1898. The Plunder Pit (A Tale). London: Methuen &Co.

Leclaire (1954:186): "Yorkshire—West Riding—manners and dialect of the early 19th century. A Stevensonian romance."

1900. The free marriage. London: Stanley Paul & Co.

1900. King Jack. London: Hodder and Stoughton.

1901. Barbara West (A Novel). London: John Long.

Leclaire (1954:186): "Problems of morality in a Yorkshire setting. The realism of the descriptions of life and places does not suffer from the theme."

1908. The Life Class. London. Wersner Laurie, Clifford's Inn.

Leclaire (1954:186): "The same preocupations as in the former volume."

1912. Bright Shame. London: Stanley Paul & co.

Leclaire (1954:186): "Another problem of morality, set in Yorkshire. A child abandoned by his father, brought up by his uncle and aunt as their own. The problems raised by the return of a reformed father. The land plays an important part."

1914. King Jack. London: Hodder and Stoughton.

1915. Myth and legend in the Bible. London: Watts & Co.

1921. The Master Spinner. A life of Sir Swire Smith… With portrait. London: Allen & Unwin.

1926. Jack the outlaw. London: Marshall & Co.

Leclaire (1954:186): "These two stories [King Jack & Jack the Outlaw] are about an 'unlawful' hunter; a true story. Pateley, near Ripon. Nidderdale.

1932. The Weaver's Web… With an introduction by the Rt. Hon. Viscount Snowden. London: Jonathan Cape.

Leclaire (1954:186): "These books are stories of humble life in the author's native place and surroundings."

KINGKONG PROJECT

James SNOWDEN {UK} (M: 1860 Jun 23 - 1947 May 2)

(ps: James Keighley SNOWDEN)

Tales Of The Yorkshire Wolds [s|1893]

The Weaver's Web [?]

The Plunder Pit [1898]

International Drawing Congress [n|1908]

Barbara West [?]

Princess Joyce [?]

The Sincler Story [?]

Kate Bannister [?]

Hate Of Evil [?]

The Life Class [?]

The Forbidden Theatre [?]

Verity Lads [?]

The Free Marriage [?]

Bright Shame [?]

King Jack [?]

Myth And Legend In The Bible [n|1915]

The Master Spinner [b|1921]

Jack The Outlaw [?]

Some Joys Of Journalism [n|?]

The Whip Hand (w Mrs S A P KITCAT) [d|?]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORKS SEE

http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198117605.001.0001/acref-9780198117605-e-1075

Marshall, William. 2011. "The Creation of Yorkshireness: Cultural Identities in Yorkshire 1850-1918." Ph.D. Thesis, University of Huddersfield: 156. [http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/12302/1/W._Marshall_PhD_thesis.pdf, accessed 15th Dec. 2018]

DIALECT LITERATURE

LITERARY DIALECTS

1800-1950

NORTH

YORKSHIRE PROSE

James Snowden

(Ps. James Keighley Snowden)

(1860-1947)