ROLFE, Frederick (William)
- ROLFE, Frederick (William)
(1860-1913)
UK author and eccentric, known as much for claiming the name "Frederick, Baron Corvo" as for his writing. The 9 "Reviews of Unwritten Books" (1903 The Monthly Review) with Sholto Douglas is an early articulation of the concept of alternate history (
ALTERNATE WORLDS), if only in a nonfiction format (one of the reviews, for instance, being of "Machiavelli's Despatches from the South African Campaign").Hubert'sArthur (written 1908-12; 1935) with H.C.H. Pirie-Gordon as by Prospero and Caliban, in which King John fails to kill and is overthrown by his nephew Arthur, is an early alternate-history novel, although its late publication date precludes any influence on that genre. The Weird of the Wanderer (1912), again with Pirie-Gordon as by Prospero and Caliban, is a fantasy,but Hadrian the Seventh (1904), on which FR's reputation as an author almost solely rests, is a genuine
NEAR FUTURE sf novel, set in 1910. Dealing with the rise to the Papacy of a frustrated candidate forpriesthood, the novel offers a number of predictions regarding the future of Europe, including a vision of the Russian Revolution.
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About the author: There are many biographies, including A.J.A. Symons's famous The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography (1934). More recent, and morereliable, is Frederick Rolfe: Baron Corvo (1977) by Miriam J. Benkovitz.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia.
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