Edward FitzGerald Life and Letters – Analysis of writing and reading

These files form part of an archive of research material relating to the Life and Letters of Edward FitzGerald. The data have been compiled by independent researchers W H (Bill) Martin and Sandra Mason; their contact details are below. The files comprise a number of searchable listings of information contained in FitzGerald’s letters. The information formed input to a book on Edward FitzGerald which is referenced below. This section of the archive contains a database, <em>efgliterature</em>, which analyses the letters in terms of their comments on FitzGerald’s writings and the books and other material that he read. It also shows the dating of the letters, the people to whom FitzGerald wrote, and his location at the time of writing. The letters are those contained in the collection published by A M Terhune and A B Terhune in 1980 – see reference below. The database contains all the letters published by the Terhunes, including some which have no literary references. An explanatory README text file contains a table showing the fields included in the database and giving definitions of them and of the codings used where relevant.本批文件属于爱德华·菲茨杰拉德（Edward FitzGerald）生平与书信研究资料档案的一部分。本数据集由独立研究者W·H（比尔）·马丁（W H (Bill) Martin）与桑德拉·梅森（Sandra Mason）整理完成，其联系方式详见下文。本批文件包含多份可检索的菲茨杰拉德书信信息清单，这些信息曾作为某部爱德华·菲茨杰拉德研究专著的原始素材，该专著的参考文献信息详见下文。 本档案的该部分包含一个名为efgliterature的数据库，该库针对菲茨杰拉德书信中对其本人作品、所阅读书籍及其他资料的评述内容进行分析。此外，该数据库还标注了书信的撰写日期、收信人及菲茨杰拉德写信时的所在地。本次收录的书信均来自A·M·特休恩（A M Terhune）与A·B·特休恩（A B Terhune）于1980年出版的书信集，相关参考文献信息详见下文。该数据库完整收录了特休恩夫妇出版的全部书信，其中部分书信未涉及文学相关内容。附带的说明性README文本文件包含一张表格，列明了该数据库的所有字段，并对各字段及相关编码规则进行了定义说明。