Gabriel Wilfrid Stephen Brodsky (born 19 November 1933) is a research scholar and author in Literature of War and in

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studies.

Life

G. W. Stephen Brodsky is a literary research scholar and author. Formerly a career soldier, he joined the Canadian Army Reserves in 1949, aged fifteen, as a boy drummer. He subsequently served 1951–83 in regular army paratroop and conventional units of the Canadian Infantry, retiring in the rank of major. He saw tours of duty with NATO in West Germany, as a

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in Cyprus and

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, and as an instructor of officers. Brodsky holds a BA (

Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to: *Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada *Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK **Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950) **Queen's University of Belfast ...

, Canada), MA ( University of Victoria, Canada) in Renaissance Literature and Drama, and DPhil (PhD) (

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, UK) in Modern Literature with specialist studies in the works of

. As a military professor on the academic faculty of Royal Roads Military College (RRMC), Victoria, Canada, he taught

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and Literature, and subsequently was a civilian Special Lecturer on Literature of War at RRMC. A former trustee of the Joseph Conrad Society of America (2012–14), Brodsky writes and publishes

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and reviews.

Bibliography

* G. W. Stephen Brodsky, ''Gentlemen of the Blade: A Social and Literary History of the British Army Since 1660'', Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood / Praeger, 1988. .Robin Higham, review of ''Gentlemen of the Blade'', in ''Albion'', vol. 21, no. 4, 1989, pp. 634-35.Harold R. Winton, review of ''Gentlemen of the Blade'', in '' American Historical Review'', April 1991, pp. 503-505. *William J. Patterson, ''A Regiment Worthy of Its Hire: The Canadian Guards 1953-1970''. ed. G. W. Stephen Brodsky, The Canadian Guards Association,1991,ff. *G. W. Stephen Brodsky, (1) "Conrad's Darkness Visible": Occidental Orientalism and the Exotic in the Malay Tales".(2) Elmar Schenkel, "''Fusspuren''", G. W. Stephen Brodsky, Trans. and Commentary,in ''Zwischen Ost und West: Joseph Conrad im Europaischen Gesprache'', ed. Elmar Schenkel, Hans-Christian Trepte, ''Schriftenreihe der Societas Jablonoviana'', vol. 2, Leipzig UP, 209-239, 2019.. *G. W. Stephen Brodsky, ''God's Dodger: The Story of a Front Line Chaplain'', Sydney, Canada, Elysium, 1993, .Jeffery Williams, review of ''God's Dodger'', in '' The Journal of Military History'', Vol. 58, Issue 1-2, Jan 1994, p. 163. *G. W. Stephen Brodsky, ''Joseph Conrad's Polish Soul: Realms of Memory and Self'', edited by George Z. Gasyna (''Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives'' Series, vol. 25), Lublin, Maria Curie Skłodowska University Press / New York, Columbia University Press, 2016, 409 pp., . *John R. Bishop with G. W. Stephen Brodsky (co-author, introd., ed.), ''The King's Bishop: A Canadian Corporal in Korea'', 1950–51, Duncan, BC:Mossy Knoll, 2000. .John R. Bishop with G. W. Stephen Brodsky (co-author, introd., ed.), ''The King's Bishop'' (Review), Korea Veterans Association National Website 2 May 2001, p. 1 (www.kvacanada.12s.com).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brodsky, G. W. Stephen Living people 1933 births Alumni of the University of York Canadian Army soldiers Male non-fiction writers Nationality missing NATO military personnel Place of birth missing (living people) Queen's University at Kingston alumni United Nations military personnel University of Victoria alumni