Mary N. Murfree

Bill Hardwig (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

Ed. by Stephen E. Meats, Pittsburg State University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

Dates

Born 24 Jan 1850
Died 31 Jul 1922
Activity 1870-1922

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Born in United States
Active in United States

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Mary Noailles Murfree’s literary career followed the vicissitudes of the American local color movement that occurred in the late-nineteenth century. Murfree, who published under the pseudonym Charles Egbert Craddock, rose from the ranks of the unknown to become one of the most sought-after writers of regional literature in the 1870s and 1880s, publishing nearly all her stories in the prestigious

Atlantic Monthly

and her novels with admired presses. While Murfree’s production remained steady into the new century, her popularity waned with that of local color, and she was never able to recapture her initial fame.

Murfree was born on January 24, 1850 at Grantland, a family estate near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Murfree came from a distinguished family of the Southeastern United States, and

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Citation: Hardwig, Bill. "Mary N. Murfree". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 July 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3263, accessed 24 November 2024.]