Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad: Writers of Transition

The first book-length study to specifically examine the many intersections in the works of Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad, this volume extends the focus of current debate beyond the writers' South Seas literature. Considering Stevenson and Conrad's shared literary history and experience of Victorian London, it examines their convergence of styles in the emergent modernism of the fin de siècle, their romance and adventure modes, their fictions of duality, and their exploration of the human psyche. Moreover, the book recuperates Stevenson's reputation as a serious writer, not only as Conrad's antecedent and influence but as a writer equally worthy of study in these shared modes.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 06/20/2009
ISBN: 9780896726536
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 279