Title: The Demon Lover

Title: The Demon Lover Title Record # 1187659
Author: uncredited
Date: 1737-00-00
Type: POEM
Language: English

Note: Child Ballad #243, also known as "The House Carpenter" or "James Harris". The first version in print appeared in 1737 in A Collection of Diverting Songs.

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Year	Title
1892^ⓘChild Ballad #243A (a version from a late-17th-century broadside in the Pepys ballad collection). First collected in Part VIII (1892) of Francis James Child's <i>English and Scottish Popular Ballads</i>.	A Warning for Married Women [The Daemon Lover]
1949^ⓘA shortened version of the ballad "James Harris, or The Daemon Lover", Text F of Child #243, first published in <em>Reliques of Ancient English Poetry</em> (1765) by Bishop Thomas Percy.	James Harris, the Daemon Lover
1965^ⓘA shortened version of the ballad "James Harris, the Daemon Lover", Text F of Child #243, first published in <em>Reliques of Ancient English Poetry</em> (1765) by Bishop Thomas Percy.	Epilogue (The Lottery and Other Stories)
2010^ⓘA traditional Scottish Ballad, also known as "James Harris", "James Herries", or "The House Carpenter".	The Daemon Lover

Year	Language	Title
1989^ⓘTranslated by Anna Leube and Anette Grube. A shortened version of the ballad "James Harris, the Daemon Lover", Text F of Child #243.	German	Epilog (Die Teufelsbraut)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New	1987-09-00	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday / SFBC	10336	$6.98^?$: US dollar	xv+ 587	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey
Devils & Demons: A Treasury of Fiendish Tales Old & New	1987-09-16	ed. Marvin Kaye, Saralee Kaye	Doubleday	0-385-18563-4	$15.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 587	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Edward Gorey

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