R L Stevenson on Fiction : : An Anthology of Literary and Critical Essays / / Glenda Norquay.

This new Anthology presents a fascinating range of Robert Louis Stevenson's essays on fiction. Better known now for the fiction he wrote himself than for his essays on the subject, this material nevertheless provides an illuminating insight in to the thoughts on the craft of writing from one of...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©1999
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Child's Play
  • The Morality of the Profession of Letters
  • A Gossip on Romance
  • A Note on Realism
  • 'A Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured'
  • A Humble Remonstrance
  • On Some Technical Elements of Style in Literature
  • Books Which Have Influenced Me
  • A Gossip on a Novel of Dumas's
  • A Chapter on Dreams
  • The Lantern-Bearers
  • Some Gentlemen in Fiction
  • Popular Authors
  • Letter To A Young Gentleman Who Proposes To Embrace The Career Of Art
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index