Author:Andrew Lang

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Andrew Lang (1844–1912)

Poet, novelist, literary critic, contributor to anthropology, collector of folk and fairy tales. This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901. Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "A. L." This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles written by this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "A. L." The icon  identifies that the work includes a spoken word version.

Andrew Lang

Works

• Custom and Myth, 1884
• Arabian Nights (1898)
• Historical Mysteries
• The Making of Religion [1]
• Ballade of the Penitents

As contributor

Contributions to the DNB

• Sellar, Patrick
• Sellar, William Young
• Wogan, Charles

Contributions to EB1911

• “Apparitions” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Ballads” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Casket Letters” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Crystal-Gazing” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Fairy” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Family” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Gurney, Edmund” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Hauntings” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Mythology” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Name” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (Local and Personal Names)
• “Poltergeist” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Prometheus” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Psychical Research” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Scotland” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (History)
• “Second Sight” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Tale” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Totemism” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

Contributions to Folk-Lore

• “English and Scotch Fairy Tales” Folk-Lore. Vol. 1 No. 3
• “Cinderella and the Diffusion of Tales” Folk-Lore. Vol. 4. No.4
• “Australian Gods: a Reply” Folk-Lore, volume 10, (1899), pp. 1–46.

As editor

Fairy books

• The Blue Fairy Book (1889)
• The Red Fairy Book (1890) (page scan index)
• The Green Fairy Book (1892)
• The Yellow Fairy Book (1894)
• The Pink Fairy Book (1897)
• The Grey Fairy Book (1900)
• The Violet Fairy Book (1901)
• The Crimson Fairy Book (1903)
• The Brown Fairy Book (1904)
• The Orange Fairy Book (1906)
• The Olive Fairy Book (1907)
• The Lilac Fairy Book (1910)
• The Rose Fairy Book (1948) (Romantic stories from the public domain Grey, Brown, Blue, Lilac, and Orange Fairy Books)

Works about Lang

• “Andrew Lang” in the Century Magazine
• “Andrew Lang” in The New Student's Reference Work
• “Andrew Lang” in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
• Clodd, Edward, (1912), “In Memoriam: Andrew Lang” in Folk-Lore, volume 23, pp. 358–362.
• Marett, R. R., van Gennep, A. (in French), Rivers, W. H. R. and Schmidt, P. W. (in German), (1912), “Andrew Lang: Folklorist and Critic” in Folk-Lore, volume 23, pp. 363–375.

Reviews

• “The Homeric Question Once More,” by Paul Shorey in The Dial Volume 15, July 1, 1893

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1923. The author died in 1912, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 99 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.