Cruising with Robert Louis Stevenson : travel, narrative, and the colonial body /
Buckton, Oliver S.
Athens, OH : Ohio University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-337) and index.
Reanimating Stevenson's corpus -- The beast in the mountains: misusing the ass in Travels with a donkey -- "Faithful to his map" Profit, desire, and the ends of travel in Treasure Island -- "Mr. Betwixt-and-between": history, travel, and narrative -- Indeterminacy in Kidnapped -- "A quarry of materials" The fictional history of Stevenson's South Seas cruises -- "Buridan's donkey": the (para)texts of Samoan colonial history in David Balfour and A footnote to history -- "The white man's quarrel" Sexuality, travel, and colonialism in Stevenson's South Sea tales -- "There's an end to it" Disease and partnership in The ebb-tide.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Travel in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Homosexuality in literature.
Men in literature.