1939 novel
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
- ^ Watson & Willison p.539
- ^ Franssen p.136
- ^ Calder p.230
- ^ 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.