Weir of Hermiston, by Robert Louis Stevenson

ISBN-13: 9781474405256 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 312 str.

Gillian Hughes

Opis

Stevenson's unfinished masterpiece, Weir of Hermiston, has been entirely re-edited from his final manuscript, revealing a rather different novel from the bowdlerised version produced posthumously by his friends. Stevenson revisits the conflicted Scotland of James Hogg and Sir Walter Scott as well as that of his own youth, but also responds to recently published novels. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided.

Spis treści

Chronology of Robert Louis Stevenson; Introduction; WEIR OF HERMISTON; Dedication; 1. Life and Death of Mrs Weir; 2. Father and Son; 3. In the Matter of the Hanging of Duncan Jopp; 4. Opinions of the Bench; 5. Winter on the Moors; 6. A Leaf from Christina's Psalm-Book; 7. Enter Mephistopheles; 8. A Nocturnal Visit; 9. At the Weaver's Stone; Appendices; Essay on the Text; Emendation List; End-of-Line Hyphens; Historical and Geographical Note; Explanatory Notes; Glossary.