<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nellie Sloggett (1850–1923) was a Cornish novelist and, under the name Enys Tregarthen, a folklore writer. This article<sup>*</sup> has four aims. First, to bring together all the biographical information about Sloggett. Second, to make the point that Sloggett’s writing is useful for folklorists: she has, since her death, been neglected even by south-western scholars. Third, to situate her work in the broader British and Irish folklore movement: her corpus offers some unique challenges. And, fourth, to provide a hand-list of her books and her other writings to facilitate further research. It is hoped, too, that some of the reflections on the geography of folklore collection will have a wider application.</p></abstract>

Nellie Sloggett (1850–1923) was a Cornish novelist and, under the name Enys Tregarthen, a folklore writer. This article* has four aims. First, to bring together all the biographical information about Sloggett. Second, to make the point that Sloggett’s writing is useful for folklorists: she has, since her death, been neglected even by south-western scholars. Third, to situate her work in the broader British and Irish folklore movement: her corpus offers some unique challenges. And, fourth, to provide a hand-list of her books and her other writings to facilitate further research. It is hoped, too, that some of the reflections on the geography of folklore collection will have a wider application.

“Her Room was Her World”: Nellie Sloggett and North Cornish Folklore

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics

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Nellie Sloggett (1850–1923) was a Cornish novelist and, under the name Enys Tregarthen, a folklore writer. This article* has four aims. First, to bring...

“Her Room was Her World”: Nellie Sloggett and North Cornish Folklore

Published Online: Jan 27, 2018

Page range: 101 - 136

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jef-2017-0016

Keywords
Cornish folklore, Cornwall, Enys Tregarthen, fairies, theosophy

© 2017 Simon Young, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

“Her Room was Her World”: Nellie Sloggett and North Cornish Folklore

Published Online: Jan 27, 2018

Page range: 101 - 136

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jef-2017-0016

KeywordsCornish folklore, Cornwall, Enys Tregarthen, fairies, theosophy

© 2017 Simon Young, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Cornish folklore, Cornwall, Enys Tregarthen, fairies, theosophy