{"product_id":"approaches-to-teaching-the-works-caroline-mccracken-flesher-9781603291224","title":"Approaches to Teaching the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough Robert Louis Stevenson was a late Victorian, his work--especially \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e--still circulates energetically and internationally among popular and academic audiences and among young and old. Admired by Henry James, Vladimir Nabokov, and Jorge Luis Borges, Stevenson's fiction crosses the boundaries of genre and challenges narrow definitions of the modern and the postmodern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 of this volume, \"Materials,\" provides an introduction to the writer's life, a survey of the criticism of his work, and a variety of resources for the instructor. In part 2, \"Approaches,\" thirty essays address such topics as Stevenson's dialogue with James about literature; his verse for children; his Scottish heritage; his wanderlust; his work as gothic fiction, as science fiction, as detective fiction; his critique of imperialism in the South Seas; his usefulness in the creative writing classroom; and how Stevenson encourages expansive thinking across texts, times, places, and lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline McCracken-Flesher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1603291229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603291224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Association of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Caroline McCracken-Flesher","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097004777727,"sku":"9781603291224","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/approaches-to-teaching-the-works-caroline-mccracken-flesher-9781603291224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}