Gentleman of Stratford

Gentleman of Stratford
American first edition
AuthorJohn Brophy
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical
PublisherCollins
Harper (US)
Publication date
1939
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Gentleman of Stratford is a 1939 historical novel by the British writer John Brophy.[1] It is a fictional account of the life of William Shakespeare. Brophy carefully researched the novel to use existing documentary evidence about the playwright.[2] The novel was published in the United States by Harper. It helped launch Brophy's career as a novelist.[3] Author Hugh Walpole described it as "the best biographical novel yet written about Shakespeare".[4]

References

  1. ^ Watson & Willison p.539
  2. ^ Franssen p.136
  3. ^ Calder p.230
  4. ^ The New York Times Book Review. New York Times Company, 1940. p.5

Bibliography

  • Calder, Robert L. Beware the British Serpent: The Role of Writers in British Propaganda in the United States, 1939-1945. McGill-Queen's Press, 2004.
  • Franssen, Paul. Shakespeare's Literary Lives: The Author as Character in Fiction and Film. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
  • Watson, George & Willison, Ian R. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Volume 4. CUP, 1972.


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