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Cruising with Robert Louis Stevenson; travel, narrative, and the colonial body.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
From: Reference & Research Book News
Date: 20071101
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Cruising with Robert Louis Stevenson; travel, narrative, and the colonial body.
Buckton, Oliver S.
Ohio University Press
2007
344 pages
$44.95
Hardcover
PR5497
Stevenson (1850-1894) is best known today for such classic novels as Treasure Island and Kidnapped. The author's early travel writings, e.g., his "South Sea Letters" were not well received critically in the late Victorian era. In what is presented as the first book-length study of his contributions to this genre, Buckton (English, Florida Atlantic U., Boca Raton) ...
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