Weir of Hermiston, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

Av R. L. Stevenson, R L Stevenson, Gillian Hughes, Gillian (Independent Scholar) Hughes

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Explores the detailed evolution of the work through its composition and on to eventual posthumous publicationStevenson’s unfinished masterpiece, Weir of Hermiston, has been entirely re-edited from his final manuscript, revealing a rather different novel from the bowdlerised version produced posthumously by his friends. Stevenson revisits the conflicted Scotland of James Hogg and Sir Walter Scott as well as that of his own youth, but also responds to recently published novels. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided.Key FeaturesComposition history drawing on draft manuscript material in various US archivesDetailed account of early publication history in UK and USADetails of early reception in UK and USAFull Explanatory Notes including citations from draft manuscript materialHistorical and Geographical Notes

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Utgivningsdatum2017-06-05
Mått138 x 216 x 25 mm
Vikt500 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson
Antal sidor312
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474405256

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Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Gillian Hughes, Independent Scholar, has been a General Editor of the Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg, and is currently an advisory editor for the Edinburgh Edition of Walter Scott’s Poetry and for the New Edinburgh Edition of the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. She has published critical editions of works by each of these writers, and also a biography of James Hogg.

Chronology of Robert Louis StevensonIntroductionWEIR OF HERMISTONDedication Weir of Hermiston Chapter 1 Life and Death of Mrs WeirChapter 2 Father and Son Chapter 3 In the Matter of the Hanging of Duncan Jopp Chapter 4 Opinions of the BenchChapter 5 Winter on the Moors Chapter 6 A Leaf from Christina's Psalm-BookChapter 7 Enter MephistophelesChapter 8 A Nocturnal VisitChapter 9 At the Weaver's StoneAppendicesEssay on the TextEmendation List End-of-Line Hyphens Historical and Geographical NoteExplanatory Notes Glossary