R L Stevenson on Fiction : An Anthology of Literary and Critical Essays / Glenda Norquay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norquay, Glenda, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This new Anthology presents a fascinating range of Robert Louis Stevenson's essays on fiction. Better known now for the fiction he wrote himself than for his essays on the subject, this material nevertheless provides an illuminating insight in to the thoughts on the craft of writing from one of Scotland's most famous literary figures. Such writings have hitherto been scattered throughout editions of his collected works; here they are brought together in a new and revealing conjunction. Essays selected include 'A Humble Remonstrance', 'A Gossip on Romance', 'Books which have Influenced Me', 'A Chapter on Dreams' and 'Popular Authors'. They reveal Stevenson's fascination with the process of creativity and the imagination, his interventions in contemporary debates over realism, his exploration of literary hierarchies, his theories of narrative desire, and the pleasures and influences he derived from his own reading. Glenda Norquay introduces this collection with a broad-ranging discussion of Stevenson's essay writing. Each essay is also introduced by a brief preface and the highly specific references within the essays are backed up with explanatory notes, making the Anthology accessible to a wide readership.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Child’s Play

The Morality of the Profession of Letters

A Gossip on Romance

A Note on Realism

‘A Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured’

A Humble Remonstrance

On Some Technical Elements of Style in Literature

Books Which Have Influenced Me

A Gossip on a Novel of Dumas's

A Chapter on Dreams

The Lantern-Bearers

Some Gentlemen in Fiction

Popular Authors

Letter To A Young Gentleman Who Proposes To Embrace The Career Of Art

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)

ISBN:

9781474471343

147447134X