author
Harriott Ely Fansler
A scholar and teacher of literature, she wrote practical, wide-ranging books that helped readers think more clearly about storytelling and about Philippine writing in English. Her work carries the energy of the classroom while opening a window onto early 20th-century literary study.
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Types of Prose Narratives: A Text-Book for the Story Writer
by Harriott Ely Fansler
About the author
Born in Missouri in 1887, Harriott Ely Fansler became an English teacher and literary scholar whose work moved between American academia and the Philippines. The front matter of Types of Prose Narratives identifies her as an assistant professor of English at the University of the Philippines and notes that she had previously taught at Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Her best-known books include Types of Prose Narratives: A Text-Book for the Story Writer (1911) and The Evolution of Technic in Elizabethan Tragedy (1914). She also co-authored The Philippine National Literature with Isidoro Panlasigui, showing a strong interest in teaching, literary form, and the development of national writing.
Available records indicate that she lived from February 18, 1887, to January 19, 1945, and died in Mandaluyong in the Philippines. Even from the limited surviving sources, her writing stands out for its clear, instructive tone and its effort to make literary ideas useful to students and aspiring writers.