Cruising with Robert Louis Stevenson : travel, narrative, and the colonial body / Oliver S. Buckton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buckton, Oliver S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894--Criticism and interpretation.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894--Travel.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.

Travel in literature.

Colonies in literature.

Homosexuality in literature.

Men in literature.

Travel.

Criticism and interpretation.

South Pacific Ocean--In literature.

Oceania--In literature.

Oceania.

Oceania Region.

South Pacific Ocean.

Physical Description:

x, 344 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, [2007]

Summary:

"Cruising with Robert Louis Stevenson: Travel, Narrative, and the Colonial Body" is the first book-length study about the influence of travel on Robert Louis Stevenson's writings, both fiction and nonfiction. Within the contexts of late-Victorian imperialism and ethnographic discourse, the book offers original close readings of individual works by Stevenson while bringing new theoretical insights to bear on the relationship between travel, authorship, and gender identity.

Contents:

Reanimating Stevenson's corpus

The beast in the mountains: misusing the ass in Travels with a donkey

"Faithful to his map": profit, desire, and the ends of travel in Treasure Island

"Mr. Betwixt-and-between": history, travel, and narrative indeterminacy in Kidnapped

"A quarry of materials": the fictional history of Stevenson's South Seas cruises

"Buridan's donkey": the (para)texts of Samoan colonial history in David Balfour and A footnote to history

"The white man's quarrel": sexuality, travel, and colonialism in Stevenson's South Sea tales

"There's an end to it": disease and partnership in The ebb-tide.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.

ISBN:

9780821417560

0821417568

OCLC:

122261920

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