The Edinburgh Companion to Robert Louis Stevenson

This wide-ranging collection is the first to set Robert Louis Stevenson in detailed social, political and literary contexts. The book takes account of both Stevenson's extraordinary thematic and generic diversity and his geographical range. The chapters explore his relation to late nineteenth-century publishing, psychology, travel, the colonial world, and the emergence of modernism in prose and poetry. Through the pivotal figure of Stevenson, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748635556
• ISBN13: 9780748635559
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher