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Amateur Emigrant, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Stevenson, R. L. Reid Julia
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780748669745
Publisert
2018-03-23
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press; Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
268

Forfatter
Stevenson, R. L.
Redaktør
Reid Julia

Om bidragsyterne

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Dr Julia Reid is a Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Leeds. She is the author of Robert Louis Stevenson, Science, and the Fin de Siècle (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).

Amateur Emigrant, by Robert Louis Stevenson

Stevenson, R. L. Reid Julia
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
Stevenson, R. L. Reid Julia
Innbundet / 2018 / Engelsk
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Definitive modern edition of Stevenson's intriguing account of his emigration from Scotland to California'The Amateur Emigrant', an autobiographical account of Stevenson's voyage from Scotland to California in 1879, is a rich and provocative work of late-Victorian travel writing and cultural criticism. It describes vividly how Stevenson mixed with 'steerage' passengers aboard an Atlantic steamship and experienced the indignities of a transcontinental emigrant train. 'The Amateur Emigrant' engages critically with Victorian ideas about class, race, and gender, and makes an important contribution to the literature of emigration. Stevenson's middle-class family and friends found the work so transgressive that it was withdrawn from publication at proof stage. It was published in bowdlerized form in 1895 and since then has rarely been available in the form in which Stevenson composed it.Key FeaturesUses the original manuscript as copy text, making available the work as Stevenson originally composed itScholarly introduction situates The Amateur Emigrant in relation to important biographical, critical, historical, social, and generic contexts, and offers a summary of key critical responsesProvides full textual apparatus including variant readings from hitherto unavailable 1880 proofs, textual essay, explanatory notes, and chronologyExciting new visual material including scans of the manuscript and proofs and a map of Stevenson's journey
Les mer
The Amateur Emigrant, an autobiographical account of Stevenson’s voyage from Scotland to California in 1879, is a rich and provocative work of late-Victorian travel writing and cultural criticism.
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . ix Preface by the General Editors. . . . . . xiii List of Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . xvii Chronology of Robert Louis Stevenson . . . xix Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii Composition. . . . . . . . . . . xxviii Suppression. . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii Partial Publication and Early Reception. . . xli Artistic Influences and Literary Contexts. . xlv Historical Contexts . . . . . . . . . xlix Afterlife and Influence. . . . . . . . li THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT Dedication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Part I. The Emigrant Ship . . . . . . . . 5 The Second Cabin. . . . . . . . . 7 Early Impressions. . . . . . . . . 13 Steerage Scenes . . . . . . . . . . 20 Steerage Types. . . . . . . . . . 28 The Sick Man. . . . . . . . . . . 41 The Stowaways . . . . . . . . . . 49 Personal Experience and Review. . . . 60 Part II. America: The Emigrant Train . . . . 71 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Notes by the Way to Council Bluffs . . . 84 The Emigrant Train . . . . . . . . 95 The Plains of Nebraska . . . . . . . 102 The Desert of Wyoming . . . . . . . 105 Fellow Passengers . . . . . . . . . 109 Despised Races . . . . . . . . . . 113 To the Golden Gates . . . . . . . . 117 Appendix Illustrations. . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Essay on the Text. . . . . . . . . . . 131 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Manuscript . . . . . . . . . . . 132 1880 Galley Proofs . . . . . . . . . 134 Suppression and Partial Publication . . . . 136 Longman’s Magazine . . . . . . . . 137 Across the Plains . . . . . . . . . . 140 Edinburgh Edition . . . . . . . . . 143 The Present Text. . . . . . . . . . 152 Emendation List. . . . . . . . . . . 161 End-of-Line Hyphens. . . . . . . . . 173 Explanatory Notes. . . . . . . . . . 174
Les mer
Uses the original manuscript as copy text, making available the work as Stevenson originally composed it

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Definitive modern edition of Stevenson's intriguing account of his emigration from Scotland to California'The Amateur Emigrant', an autobiographical account of Stevenson's voyage from Scotland to California in 1879, is a rich and provocative work of late-Victorian travel writing and cultural criticism. It describes vividly how Stevenson mixed with 'steerage' passengers aboard an Atlantic steamship and experienced the indignities of a transcontinental emigrant train. 'The Amateur Emigrant' engages critically with Victorian ideas about class, race, and gender, and makes an important contribution to the literature of emigration. Stevenson's middle-class family and friends found the work so transgressive that it was withdrawn from publication at proof stage. It was published in bowdlerized form in 1895 and since then has rarely been available in the form in which Stevenson composed it.Key FeaturesUses the original manuscript as copy text, making available the work as Stevenson originally composed itScholarly introduction situates The Amateur Emigrant in relation to important biographical, critical, historical, social, and generic contexts, and offers a summary of key critical responsesProvides full textual apparatus including variant readings from hitherto unavailable 1880 proofs, textual essay, explanatory notes, and chronologyExciting new visual material including scans of the manuscript and proofs and a map of Stevenson's journey
Les mer
The Amateur Emigrant, an autobiographical account of Stevenson’s voyage from Scotland to California in 1879, is a rich and provocative work of late-Victorian travel writing and cultural criticism.
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . ix Preface by the General Editors. . . . . . xiii List of Abbreviations. . . . . . . . . . xvii Chronology of Robert Louis Stevenson . . . xix Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii Composition. . . . . . . . . . . xxviii Suppression. . . . . . . . . . . xxxvii Partial Publication and Early Reception. . . xli Artistic Influences and Literary Contexts. . xlv Historical Contexts . . . . . . . . . xlix Afterlife and Influence. . . . . . . . li THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT Dedication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Part I. The Emigrant Ship . . . . . . . . 5 The Second Cabin. . . . . . . . . 7 Early Impressions. . . . . . . . . 13 Steerage Scenes . . . . . . . . . . 20 Steerage Types. . . . . . . . . . 28 The Sick Man. . . . . . . . . . . 41 The Stowaways . . . . . . . . . . 49 Personal Experience and Review. . . . 60 Part II. America: The Emigrant Train . . . . 71 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Notes by the Way to Council Bluffs . . . 84 The Emigrant Train . . . . . . . . 95 The Plains of Nebraska . . . . . . . 102 The Desert of Wyoming . . . . . . . 105 Fellow Passengers . . . . . . . . . 109 Despised Races . . . . . . . . . . 113 To the Golden Gates . . . . . . . . 117 Appendix Illustrations. . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Essay on the Text. . . . . . . . . . . 131 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Manuscript . . . . . . . . . . . 132 1880 Galley Proofs . . . . . . . . . 134 Suppression and Partial Publication . . . . 136 Longman’s Magazine . . . . . . . . 137 Across the Plains . . . . . . . . . . 140 Edinburgh Edition . . . . . . . . . 143 The Present Text. . . . . . . . . . 152 Emendation List. . . . . . . . . . . 161 End-of-Line Hyphens. . . . . . . . . 173 Explanatory Notes. . . . . . . . . . 174
Les mer
Uses the original manuscript as copy text, making available the work as Stevenson originally composed it

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780748669745
Publisert
2018-03-23
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press; Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
268

Forfatter
Stevenson, R. L.
Redaktør
Reid Julia

Om bidragsyterne

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Dr Julia Reid is a Lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Leeds. She is the author of Robert Louis Stevenson, Science, and the Fin de Siècle (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006).

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