Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad
Subtitle: writers of transition
By: edited by Linda Dryden, Stephen Arata, and Eric Massie.
Contributors: Dryden, Linda, 1954-; Arata, Stephen.; Massie, Eric.
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lubbock, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780896726536
Subjects: Stevenson, Robert Louis, -- 1850-1894 -- Criticism and interpretation; Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation; Stevenson, Robert Louis, -- 1850-1894 -- Literary style; Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924 -- Literary style; Dualism in literature; Liminality in literature; Self in literature
Description: "Assesses points of convergence between Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad. Extends arguments about the authors' South Seas literature, offering new critiques on the writers' literary histories, writing styles, romance and adventure modes, fictions of duality, experience in Victorian London, explorations of the human psyche, and fame"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.