| Author |
Reid, Julia |
| Year |
2009 |
| Publisher |
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan |
| Number of pages |
241 |
| ISBN |
9780230230323 |
| Keywords |
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Abstract
Amazon (2013):
In this fascinating book, Reid examines Robert Louis Stevenson's writings in the context
of late-Victorian evolutionist thought, arguing that an interest in 'primitive' culture
is at the heart of his work. She investigates a wide range of Stevenson's writing,
including Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island, offering a new way of understanding
the relationship between his Scottish and South Seas work. Reid's close attention
to Stevenson's engagement with anthropological and psychological debate also illuminates
the intersections between literature and science at the fin de siecle, and includes
previously unpublished material from the Stevenson archive at Yale. Reid's interpretation
offers a new way of understanding the relationship between his Scottish and South
Seas work. Her analysis of Stevenson's engagement with anthropological and psychological
debate also illuminates the dynamic intersections between literature and science at
the fin de siècle.
