Marchette Chute

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Marchette Gaylord Chute (1909 – May 6, 1994) was an American writer. As a biographer, she specialized in English literary figures; she published biographies of Geoffrey Chaucer, Ben Jonson, and William Shakespeare. As a children's writer, she specialized in tales written during the periods described in her biographies, and in rhyming verses for children.[1]

Biography

Marchette Chute was born in

Saturday Evening Post from 1938 to 1953. Her younger sister Beatrice Joy Chute (1913–1987), writing as B. J. Chute, wrote many adventure stories for teenaged boys and also romance stories, but is best known for her 1956 novel Greenwillow, the basis of the 1960 Frank Loesser musical Greenwillow
.

With her sister Mary Grace, Marchette Chute wrote "Sweet Genevieve", a Broadway comedy which closed after one performance on March 20, 1945.

Over a seven-year period from 1946 through 1953, Marchette Chute published the trade biographies that established her reputation.

independent scholar with the ability to revisit and develop holistic portraits of her subjects based upon limited documentary evidence placed in a context of overall English social history.[1]

Honors and legacy

Chute was seen by her colleagues as a significant writer of her day. She was elected to the

de Grummond Children's Literature Collection within the University of Southern Mississippi.[2]

Published works (partial list)

  • An Introduction to Shakespeare
  • Around and About
  • Ben Jonson of Westminster
  • Geoffrey Chaucer of England
  • Green Tree Democracy
  • Innocent Wayfaring
  • Jesus of Israel
  • Rhymes about Us
  • Search for God
  • Shakespeare of London
  • Stories from Shakespeare
  • The End of the Search
  • The First Liberty: A History of the Right to Vote in America 1619-1850
  • The Wonderful Winter
  • Two Gentle Men: The Lives of George Herbert and Robert Herrick
  • Two Gentlemen of Verona

References

  1. ^ a b c Collins, Glenn (11 May 1994). "Marchette Chute, 84, Biographer of Shakespeare and Chaucer". The New York Times. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "Marchette Chute Papers". University of Southern Mississippi. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
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