Francis William Grey (1860–1939) was a British-born Canadian writer and academic. He was most noted for his 1899 novel The Curé of St. Philippe, which was republished by McClelland and Stewart's New Canadian Library series in 1970.
Born and educated in England, Grey moved to Canada in adulthood and worked as a professor of English at the University of Ottawa, and later for the National Archives of Canada. Married to a French Canadian woman, he became knowledgeable about French Canadian culture; The Curé of St. Philippe has often been regarded by critics as a relatively weak novel in terms of storytelling, yet a strong and highly detailed portrait of French Canadian social and cultural organization in its era through its depiction of a small town in the process of building and launching its own new Roman Catholic church. It was Grey's only novel, although he published academic non-fiction, poetry and theatrical plays.
References
- ^ Carl F. Klinck, Alfred G. Bailey, Claude Bissell, Roy Daniells, Northrop Frye, Desmond Pacey (eds.) Literary History of Canada: Canadian Literature in English. University of Toronto Press, 1976. ISBN 9781487590970.
- Janet B. Friskney, New Canadian Library: The Ross-McClelland Years, 1952-1978. University of Toronto Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8020-9746-0. pp. 169-170.
- "Local Briefs". Ottawa Citizen, June 13, 1903.
- "The Curé of St. Philippe". The Month, May 1899. p. 556.
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