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The proper pirate : Robert Louis Stevenson's quest for identity
- Title
- The proper pirate : Robert Louis Stevenson's quest for identity / Jefferson A. Singer.
- Author
- Singer, Jefferson A.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-279 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxii, 200 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This first full-length psychobiographical analysis of Stevenson examines his life story, providing new insights into how his most significant memories and conflicts shaped the narrative structure and themes of his most celebrated works, Treasure Island; A Child's Garden of Verses; Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; and Kidnapped."--
- Alternative Title
- Robert Louis Stevenson's quest for identity
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Jehovah Tsidkenu -- Trapped in the house of Eld -- The bohemian finds a wife and purpose -- "Disobedience dreamed by a loyal son" -- Et ego in Arcadia vixi -- The gothic gnome and the worm of conscience -- The generative turn: the deepening of Stevenson's societal identity -- My heart sings -- first travels in the South Seas -- The good work done.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-279
- ISBN
- 9780199328543
- 0199328544
- LCCN
- 2016014517
- OCLC
- 962483119
- Author
- Singer, Jefferson A., author.
- Title
- The proper pirate : Robert Louis Stevenson's quest for identity / Jefferson A. Singer.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-279