{"title":"Archive: \"Founded on Facts\": Correcting Misattribution of the Novels Monima (1802) and Margaretta (1807)","authors":"Thomas N. Baker","doi":"10.1353/eal.2024.a934204","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abstract:</p><p>Using archival and genealogical sources, this study corrects the long-standing misattribution of the American novels <i>Monima; or, The Beggar Girl</i> (1802) and <i>Margaretta; or, The Intricacies of the Heart</i> (1807) to Martha Meredith Read. Their true author, Mary Endress Ralston (1772–1850), is introduced as a bilingual Pennsylvania German Lutheran literary pioneer.</p></p>","PeriodicalId":44043,"journal":{"name":"EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE","volume":"54 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/eal.2024.a934204","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE, AMERICAN","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Using archival and genealogical sources, this study corrects the long-standing misattribution of the American novels Monima; or, The Beggar Girl (1802) and Margaretta; or, The Intricacies of the Heart (1807) to Martha Meredith Read. Their true author, Mary Endress Ralston (1772–1850), is introduced as a bilingual Pennsylvania German Lutheran literary pioneer.
摘要:本研究利用档案和家谱资料,纠正了长期以来将美国小说《Monima; or, The Beggar Girl》(1802 年)和《Margaretta; or, The Intricacies of the Heart》(1807 年)误认为是 Martha Meredith Read 所著的错误说法。这两部作品的真正作者玛丽-恩德蕾丝-拉尔斯顿(Mary Endress Ralston,1772-1850 年)是宾夕法尼亚州德国路德教派的双语文学先驱。