Gentleman of Stratford explained

Gentleman of Stratford
Author:	John Brophy
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	Historical
Publisher:	Collins Harper (US)
Release Date:	1939
Media Type:	Print

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]

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.

Notes and 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