Arthur Ransome's long-lost study of Robert Louis Stevenson
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Arthur Ransome's long-lost study of Robert Louis Stevenson
Boydell Press in association with Amazon Publications, 2011
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The Swallows and Amazons author's lost study of the author of Treasure Island, finally available with a substantial introduction detailing its rediscovery and Ransome's extraordinary early career.
This is the first publication of a remarkable book by Arthur Ransome, originally commissioned in 1910. The manuscript, nearly complete, was sequestered by Ransome's wife in 1914, and he never saw it again. It came to light only bychance, long after his death.
Arthur Ransome here gives an exceptionally personal and perceptive account of the strengths and weaknesses of Stevenson as man and writer. Writing when most books on Stevenson were biographicalor merely adulatory, he intended his to be the first 'critical study'. The result is a fascinating and eager exposition by a yet-to-become-novelist of the writer who was to remain a lifelong inspiration. Here he wrestles to identify techniques that later underpin his Swallows and Amazons. Moreover, this is the only manuscript first draft of a work by Ransome to survive, and as such provides a unique insight into his working methods.
The appendices include all other extant material relating to Stevenson by Ransome, from his very first story (written at the age of eight, and hitherto published only privately) to working notes and articles in literary periodicals. The editor's substantial introduction gives a full account of the extraordinary history of the manuscript's development, disappearance, and rediscovery, and adds a new and enlightening chapter to the tumultuous story of Ransome's first marriage, early career, and escape to Russia.
KIRSTY NICHOL FINDLAY taught at the University of Waikato, and since retiring has been a Moderator in Drama for Trinity College London. Her publications relate to her specialinterests: Renaissance, Commonwealth, and children's literature.
目次
A context for Arthur Ransome's Robert Louis Stevenson: A Critical Study
Parcel Post
Ransome and Literary London, 1902-1913
First Marriage and Ransome's Papers
The Stevenson Manuscript: Parcel and Exercise Book
Ransome and Stevenson
Writing Stevenson
Stevenson Abandoned
Ransome and the Stream of Stevenson Criticism
The Text, The Edition, The Acknowledgements
Robert Louis Stevenson: A Critical Study
Appendix A1: Ransome's 'Stevenson exercise-book' transcribed
Appendix A2: Additional material from the main manuscript
Appendix A3: Published article, 'As Happy As Kings' by Arthur Ransome
Appendix B1: Ransome's first story, 'The Desert Island', 1892
Appendix B2: 'The Plate-Glass Window', unsigned review article
Appendix B3: 'RLS' by 'K'
Appendix B4: Family trees for Stevenson and Ransome, including their extended families
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