Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevenson is written by William Gray and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0230510345 (ISBN 10) and 9780230510340 (ISBN 13).

More than most writers, Robert Louis Stevenson requires a Literary Life. Fascination with Stevenson's life (the 'Stevenson biography' is almost a minor genre) has tended to eclipse his literary achievement. This study focuses on Stevenson's writing practice within the different geographical, cultural and political contexts that shaped it, from Scotland to the South Seas. Following Stevenson's own views on biography, the book is not structured primarily in terms of chronology, but is more a kind of literary geography than traditional literary history.