Edward FitzGerald Life and Letters – Analysis of family and friends

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>efgpeople</em>, which analyses the letters in terms of their comments on FitzGerald’s family and a wide range of his friends. 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 references to family and friends. 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.本批文件隶属于爱德华·菲茨杰拉德（Edward FitzGerald）生平与书信研究资料档案集。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）汇编完成，其联系方式详见下文。文件包含若干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·菲茨杰拉德专著的研究素材，该专著的引用信息详见下文。 本档案的该部分包含一个名为<em>efgpeople</em>的数据库，该库围绕书信中对菲茨杰拉德家庭及各类友人的评述内容展开分析。同时该库还标注了书信的创作日期、收信人以及菲茨杰拉德写信时的所在地。本次收录的书信均出自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，相关引用信息详见下文。该数据库完整收录了特休恩二人出版的全部书信，其中部分书信未涉及家庭与友人相关内容。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，并对各字段及适用的编码规则进行了解释说明。