{"product_id":"robert-louis-stevenson-reconsidered-william-b-jones-9780786413997","title":"Robert Louis Stevenson Reconsidered: New Critical Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e Critical interest in Robert Louis Stevenson has never been greater. New editions of the author's works--from the poems to the travel writing, from the Scottish novels to the South Seas tales--are appearing. During the year 2000, the sesquicentennial of RLS's birth, three conferences were held in honor of the occasion and each entertained an international audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This collection of essays reflects the scope of Robert Louis Stevenson's achievement and the range of current critical response. The first section contains four critical overviews that include an analysis of the Stevensonian imagination, an assessment of the author's literary theory, an examination of the coded significance of burial and reanimation in Stevenson's \u003ci\u003eWrong Box\u003c\/i\u003e and other works, and an examination of the use of both Scottish and South Seas islands in his fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The second section contains three essays that examine the many-faceted \u003ci\u003eStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.\u003c\/i\u003e Other works--\u003ci\u003eAn Inland Voyage, A Child's Garden of Verses, The Dynamiter, The Master of Ballantrae, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePrayers Written at Vailima\u003c\/i\u003e--are the subjects of the six essays in the third section. Three essays on biography, popular culture, and personal response are in the fourth section.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786413999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786413997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.02w x 0.62d","brand":"William B. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453385027839,"sku":"9780786413997","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81c8a23e-0413-4c7c-9f70-41dc932d171d.jpg?v=1777299966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/robert-louis-stevenson-reconsidered-william-b-jones-9780786413997","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}