Weir of Hermiston, by Robert Louis Stevenson / / R. L. Stevenson, Gillian Hughes.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Stevenson, R. L.,; Hughes, Gillian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: The New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson : NEECWRLS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

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 the UK and USAFull Explanatory Notes including citations from draft manuscript material as well as historical and geographical notes

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface by the General Editors -- List of Abbreviations -- Chronology of Robert Louis Stevenson -- Introduction -- Dedication -- Weir of Hermiston -- Chapter 1. Life and Death of Mrs. Weir -- Chapter 2. Father and Son -- Chapter 3. In the Matter of the Hanging of Duncan Jopp -- Chapter 4. Opinions of the Bench -- Chapter 5. Winter on the Moors -- Chapter 6. A Leaf from Christina’s Psalm-Book -- Chapter 7. Enter Mephistopheles -- Chapter 8. A Nocturnal Visit -- Chapter 9. At the Weaver’s Stone -- Appendices -- Essay on the Text -- Emendation List -- End-of-Line Hyphens -- Historical and Geographical Note -- Explanatory Notes -- Glossary