Robert Louis Stevenson : A Literary Life

More than most writers, Robert Louis Stevenson requires a Literary Life. Fascination with Stevensons life (the Stevenson biography is almost a minor genre) has tended to eclipse his literary achievement. This study focuses on Stevensons writing practice within the different geographical, cultural and political contexts that shaped it, from Scotland to the South Seas. Following Stevensons own views on biography, the book is not structured primarily in terms of chronology, but is more a kind of literary geography than traditional literary history.