The Collected Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Collected Poems of Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
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English
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Description
A new edition of RLS's poetry, including many previously unpublished pieces.
Shows a writer without his public mask, reacting delicately, sensitively, to the world around him. This is a braw wark eidentlie editit an it taks in a whein o poems never publisht afore. A new Collected Poems which is likely to prove the last word... Half of the book is taken up with commentary and notes; every detectable variant of every poem is given...Information on printings, first and subsequent editions, publishers' advances, rare Stevensoniana and much else is provided in abundance...the new Collected Poems is indispensable. This new anthology of RLS poetry will come as a delightful surprise to many! it brings a freshness to the work of a great writer who lived in an era of high romanticism. There is a very real need for this book! it should not only fill an obvious void in Stevenson studies but also generate considerable interest among Stevenson scholars who themselves must reconsider RLS's reputation as a poet. -- Professor Wendy Katz, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia Shows a writer without his public mask, reacting delicately, sensitively, to the world around him. This is a braw wark eidentlie editit an it taks in a whein o poems never publisht afore. A new Collected Poems which is likely to prove the last word... Half of the book is taken up with commentary and notes; every detectable variant of every poem is given...Information on printings, first and subsequent editions, publishers' advances, rare Stevensoniana and much else is provided in abundance...the new Collected Poems is indispensable. This new anthology of RLS poetry will come as a delightful surprise to many! it brings a freshness to the work of a great writer who lived in an era of high romanticism. There is a very real need for this book! it should not only fill an obvious void in Stevenson studies but also generate considerable interest among Stevenson scholars who themselves must reconsider RLS's reputation as a poet.
Roger Lewis was formerly Professor of English at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. Author of Poems and Drawings of Elizabeth Siddal (The Wombat Press, 1978) and Thomas James Wise and the Trial Book Fallacy (Scolar Press, 1995).
Shows a writer without his public mask, reacting delicately, sensitively, to the world around him. This is a braw wark eidentlie editit an it taks in a whein o poems never publisht afore. A new Collected Poems which is likely to prove the last word... Half of the book is taken up with commentary and notes; every detectable variant of every poem is given...Information on printings, first and subsequent editions, publishers' advances, rare Stevensoniana and much else is provided in abundance...the new Collected Poems is indispensable. This new anthology of RLS poetry will come as a delightful surprise to many! it brings a freshness to the work of a great writer who lived in an era of high romanticism. There is a very real need for this book! it should not only fill an obvious void in Stevenson studies but also generate considerable interest among Stevenson scholars who themselves must reconsider RLS's reputation as a poet. -- Professor Wendy Katz, Saint Mary's University, Nova Scotia Shows a writer without his public mask, reacting delicately, sensitively, to the world around him. This is a braw wark eidentlie editit an it taks in a whein o poems never publisht afore. A new Collected Poems which is likely to prove the last word... Half of the book is taken up with commentary and notes; every detectable variant of every poem is given...Information on printings, first and subsequent editions, publishers' advances, rare Stevensoniana and much else is provided in abundance...the new Collected Poems is indispensable. This new anthology of RLS poetry will come as a delightful surprise to many! it brings a freshness to the work of a great writer who lived in an era of high romanticism. There is a very real need for this book! it should not only fill an obvious void in Stevenson studies but also generate considerable interest among Stevenson scholars who themselves must reconsider RLS's reputation as a poet.
Roger Lewis was formerly Professor of English at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. Author of Poems and Drawings of Elizabeth Siddal (The Wombat Press, 1978) and Thomas James Wise and the Trial Book Fallacy (Scolar Press, 1995).