Robert Louis Stevenson
Subtitle: a literary life
By: William Gray
Series: Literary lives; Literary lives (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.; Authors, Scottish -- 19th century -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "More than most writers, Robert Louis Stevenson requires a Literary Life. Serious critical attention to Stevenson's literary works has been relatively slow to appear, though the 'Life of Stevenson' continues to flourish, having become almost a minor genre in its own right. The version of Stevenson's literary life presented here reflects Stevenson's own reservations about the role of linear chronology in biography, and is more of a literary geography than a literary history. Its structure is defined by the various geographical and cultural contexts (Scotland, France, England, America and the South Seas) in which Stevenson lived and worked. This is the first literary biography of Stevenson since the publication of his Collected Letters, it has also made use of previously unpublished letters."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.