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Weir of Hermiston, by Robert Louis Stevenson
R. L. Stevenson
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Description for Weir of Hermiston, by Robert Louis Stevenson
Hardback. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel Weir of Hermiston on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Stevenson's unfinished masterpiece, Weir of Hermiston, has been entirely re- edited from his final manuscript, revealing a rather different novel from the bowdlerised version produced posthumously by his friends. Stevenson revisits the conflicted Scotland of James Hogg and Sir Walter Scott as well as that of his own youth, but also responds to recently published novels. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided.
Stevenson's unfinished masterpiece, Weir of Hermiston, has been entirely re- edited from his final manuscript, revealing a rather different novel from the bowdlerised version produced posthumously by his friends. Stevenson revisits the conflicted Scotland of James Hogg and Sir Walter Scott as well as that of his own youth, but also responds to recently published novels. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided.
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474405256
SKU
V9781474405256
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About R. L. Stevenson
Gillian Hughes is an independent scholar and has held a number of honorary research fellowships at Scottish universities.
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