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Robert Louis Stevenson: A Literary Life (Literary Lives)
William Gray
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Description for Robert Louis Stevenson: A Literary Life (Literary Lives)
Paperback. More than most writers, Robert Louis Stevenson requires a Literary Life. Fascination with Stevenson's life (the Stevenson biography is almost a minor genre) has tended to eclipse his literary achievement. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
More than most writers, Robert Louis Stevenson requires a Literary Life. Fascination with Stevenson's life (the 'Stevenson biography' is almost a minor genre) has tended to eclipse his literary achievement. This study focuses on Stevenson's writing practice within the different geographical, cultural and political contexts that shaped it, from Scotland to the South Seas. Following Stevenson's own views on biography, the book is not structured primarily in terms of chronology, but is more a kind of literary geography than traditional literary history.
More than most writers, Robert Louis Stevenson requires a Literary Life. Fascination with Stevenson's life (the 'Stevenson biography' is almost a minor genre) has tended to eclipse his literary achievement. This study focuses on Stevenson's writing practice within the different geographical, cultural and political contexts that shaped it, from Scotland to the South Seas. Following Stevenson's own views on biography, the book is not structured primarily in terms of chronology, but is more a kind of literary geography than traditional literary history.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Literary Lives
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333984017
SKU
V9780333984017
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99-15
About William Gray
WILLIAM GRAY is Professor of Literary History and Hermeneutics at the University of Chichester, UK. He studied literature, philosophy and theology at the Universities of Oxford, Edinburgh and Princeton, and has published widely in these areas, including Death and Fantasy and books on C.S. Lewis and Robert Louis Stevenson.
Reviews for Robert Louis Stevenson: A Literary Life (Literary Lives)
'A new book... mapping the bohemian life of Robert Louis Stevenson looks at the cocaine-fuelled convalescence that produced Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and a whole lot more besides.' - Phil Hewitt - Chichester Observer 'Gray's close reading is meticulous and intelligent so there's a sense that we're engaging with the real texture of Stevenson's life and ... Read more