Mary Ellen Chase

Mary Ellen Chase ( born February 24, 1887 in Blue Hill, Maine, USA; † 28 July 1973 in Northampton, Massachusetts) was an American writer and high school teacher.

Chase received her Ph.D. in English at the University of Minnesota, where she worked as an assistant professor from 1922 to 1926. She taught at Smith College from 1926 until her retirement in 1955.

She wrote more than 30 books. Your famous test plants were Mary Peters ( Mary Peters, 1934), Silas Crockett (1935 ), Windswept. Novel of three generations ( Windswept, 1941) and On the Edge of Darkness ( Edge of Darkness, 1957). In addition, she has worked very hard with the Bible, whose language and how it is to convey to the modern man. To this end, it published, among others, The Book of Books. The Bible and the man of today ( The Bible and the Common Reader, 1944) and Life and Language in the Old Testament (Life and Language in the Old Testament, 1955). They also presented a number of scientific and didactic fiction books, one of which in particular Constructive Theme Writing for College Freshmen a standard work was, (1929 for the first time ) that underwent three editions until 1957. Most German transmissions of their works created Maria von Schweinitz.

Works

  • His Birthday, Boston 1915
  • The Girl from the Big Horn Country, Boston 1916
  • Virginia of Elk Creek Valley, Boston 1917
  • Mary Christmas, Boston 1926
  • Together with Frances K. Del Plaine: The Art of Narration, New York 1926
  • Uplands, Boston 1927
  • Thomas Hardy From Serial to Novel, Minneapolis 1927
  • Together with Margaret Eliot Macgregor: The Writing of Informal Essays, New York 1928
  • Constructive Theme Writing for College Freshmen, New York 1929 ( 2nd revised edition 1938, 3rd edition 1957)
  • The Golden Asse and other essays, New York 1929
  • The Silver Shell, New York 1930
  • A Goodly Heritage, New York 1932 ( German geniuses of childhood, Augsburg 1948)
  • Mary Peters, New York 1934 (Eng. Mary Peters, Vienna and Augsburg 1947)
  • Silas Crockett, New York City, 1935
  • This England, New York 1936
  • In England Now, London 1937
  • Dawn in Lyonesse, New York 1938 ( German Early light over Cornwall. Novel, Hamburg 1938)
  • A Goodly Fellowship, New York 1939
  • Windswept, New York 1941 (German Windswept. Novel of three generations, Zurich 1944)
  • The Bible and the Common Reader, New York 1944 ( 2nd revised edition 1952. Ger The book of books, the Bible and the man of today, Stuttgart 1951)
  • Jonathan Fisher. Maine Parson, 1768-1847, New York 1948
  • The Plum Tree, New York 1949 (Eng. The Plum Tree, Munich 1966)
  • Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, New York 1950
  • Recipe for a Magic Childhood, New York 1951
  • As editor / co- Applicant: Readings from the Bible, New York 1952
  • The White Gate. Adventures in the Imagination of a Child, New York 1954
  • Life and Language in the Old Testament, New York 1955 ( German Life and Language in the Old Testament, Munich 1957)
  • The Edge of Darkness, New York, 1957 ( dt On the edge of darkness. Novel, Munich 1964)
  • Sailing the Seven Seas, Boston 1958
  • Donald McKay and the Clipper Ships, North Star Books (12) Boston 1959
  • The Lovely Ambition. A Novel, New York, 1960 ( dt The greater love. Novel, Munich 1961)
  • The Fishing Fleets of New England, North Star Books (28) Boston 1961
  • The Psalms for the Common Reader, New York 1962
  • Victoria. A Pig in a pram, New York 1963
  • The Prophets for the Common Reader, New York 1963
  • Richard Mansfield, the Prince of Donkeys, New York 1964
  • Dolly Moses. The Cat and the Clam Chowder, New York 1964
  • The Story of Lighthouses, New York 1965
  • A Journey to Boston, New York, 1965 ( dt A trip to Boston, Munich 1966)
  • A Walk on an Iceberg, New York 1966
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