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Robert Louis Stevenson and Theories of Reading: The Reader as Vagabond

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Glenda Norquay presents fresh interpretations of Stevenson's literary essays, of major works including The Master of Ballantrae, and some of his more neglected fiction such as St Ives and The Wrecker, as well as illuminating our understanding of his role within debates over popular fiction, romance and reading pleasure. She offers an unusual combination of literary history and reception theory and argues that Stevenson both exemplified tensions within the literary market of his time and anticipated later developments in reading theory. By combining the study of nineteenth-century cultural politics with detailed analysis of his Scottish Calvinism, Stevenson is reassessed as both a Victorian and Scottish writer.

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Release: June 15, 2007

ISBN: 0719073863

ISBN 13: 9780719073861

Robert Louis Stevenson and Theories of Reading: The Reader as Vagabond

4/5 ( ratings)

Glenda Norquay presents fresh interpretations of Stevenson's literary essays, of major works including The Master of Ballantrae, and some of his more neglected fiction such as St Ives and The Wrecker, as well as illuminating our understanding of his role within debates over popular fiction, romance and reading pleasure. She offers an unusual combination of literary history and reception theory and argues that Stevenson both exemplified tensions within the literary market of his time and anticipated later developments in reading theory. By combining the study of nineteenth-century cultural politics with detailed analysis of his Scottish Calvinism, Stevenson is reassessed as both a Victorian and Scottish writer.

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Release: June 15, 2007

ISBN: 0719073863

ISBN 13: 9780719073861

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