Robert Louis Stevenson, Literary Networks and Transatlantic Publishing in the 1890s

The Author Incorporated

Glenda Norquay

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781785272844
• eBook ISBN: 9781785272868
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism History & Theory
• Index: Literature

Robert Louis Stevenson, Literary Networks and Transatlantic Publishing in the 1890s investigates Stevenson and the geographies of his literary networks during the last years of his life and after his death. It profiles a series of figures who worked with Stevenson, negotiated his publications on both sides of the Atlantic, wrote for him or were inspired by him. Using archival material, correspondence, fiction and biographies it moves across these literary networks. It deploys the concept of 'literary prosthetics' to frame its analysis of gatekeepers, tastemakers, agents, collaborators and authorial surrogates in the transatlantic production of Stevenson's writing. Case studies of understudied individuals and broader consideration of the networks they represent contribute to knowledge of transatlantic publishing in the 1890s, understanding of transatlantic culture, Stevenson studies, current interest in the workings of literary communities and in nineteenth-century mobility.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Lemuel Bangs: ‘The Senator’
• Chapter 2 A Tale of two Texts
• Chapter 3 ‘A Gentleman Called Charles Baxter’
• Chapter 4 Sidney Colvin: Custodian and Monument
• Chapter 5 Family, Friends and Collaborators
• Chapter 6 Arthur Quiller-Couch: The Quivering Needle
• Chapter 7 Richard Le Gallienne: ‘Not While A Boy Still Whistles’
• Conclusion: Robert Louis Stevenson Incorporated
• References
• Index