This concise biography offers a fresh portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson: frail Edinburgh child turned globe-trotting author of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It charts his remarkable literary range - from fiction and poetry to essays and letters - crafted across three continents, often in poor health. Stevenson's adventurous life and memorable characters captured both popular imagination and critical praise. Drawing on new scholarship, the book explores his role as a literary innovator and cultural commentator, revealing how his work engaged with the anxieties of a rapidly changing world. At once celebrity, critic and colonial observer, Stevenson emerges as a truly modern writer, whose influence remains potent today. This is essential reading for lovers of literature, history and global storytelling.
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Höhe: 200 mm
Breite: 130 mm
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978-1-83639-168-5 (9781836391685)
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Glenda Norquay is Professor Emerita of Scottish Literature at Liverpool John Moores University. Her books on Stevenson include Robert Louis Stevenson, Literary Networks and Transatlantic Publishing in the 1890s (2020).
