William Sharp and Fiona Macleod : A Life.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halloran, William F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, Scottish--19th century--Biography.

Authors, Scottish.

Literary forgeries and mystifications.

Sharp, William, 1855-1905--Criticism and interpretation.

Sharp, William.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

William Sharp and “Fiona Macleod”

Place of Publication:

Open Book Publishers 2022

Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2022.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. A Scottish poet, novelist, biographer, and editor, he began in 1893 to write critically and commercially successful books under the name Fiona Macleod who became far more than a pseudonym. Enlisting his sister to provide the Macleod handwriting, he used the voluminous Fiona correspondence to fashion a distinctive personality for a talented, but remote and publicity-shy woman. Sometimes she was his cousin and other times his lover, and whenever suspicions arose, he vehemently denied he was Fiona. For more than a decade he duped not only the general public but such literary luminaries as George Meredith, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, William Butler Yeats, and E. C. Stedman.

Contents:

Acknowledgements Preface / William Halloran Chapter One / William Halloran Chapter Two / William Halloran Chapter Three / William Halloran Chapter Four / William Halloran Chapter Five / William Halloran Chapter Six / William Halloran Chapter Seven / William Halloran Chapter Eight / William Halloran Chapter Nine / William Halloran Chapter Ten / William Halloran Chapter Eleven / William Halloran Chapter Twelve / William Halloran Chapter Thirteen / William Halloran Chapter Fourteen / William Halloran Chapter Fifteen / William Halloran Chapter Sixteen / William Halloran Chapter Seventeen / William Halloran Chapter Eighteen / William Halloran Chapter Nineteen / William Halloran Chapter Twenty / William Halloran Chapter Twenty-One / William Halloran Chapter Twenty-Two / William Halloran Chapter Twenty-Three / William Halloran Chapter Twenty-Four / William Halloran Chapter Twenty-Five / William Halloran Appendix 1: William Butler Yeats and Elizabeth Amelia Sharp / William Halloran Appendix 2: Catherine Ann Janvier and Roselle Shields / William Halloran Bibliography List of Illustrations Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Halloran, William F. William Sharp and Fiona Macleod

ISBN:

9781800643284

1800643284

OCLC:

1302006529