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Weir of Hermiston /
Stevensoń⁰₉s 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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | New Edinburgh edition of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Illustration
- Published so far
- Editorial Board
- Imprint page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface by the General Editors
- List of Abbreviations
- Chronology of Robert Louis Stevenson
- Introduction
- Genesis
- Composition
- Early Reception
- Dedication
- Weir of Hermiston
- Chapter 1. LIFE AND DEATH OF MRS. WEIR
- Chapter 2. FATHER AND SON
- Chapter 3. IN THE MATTER OF THE HANGING OF DUNCAN JOPP
- Chapter 4. OPINIONS OF THE BENCH
- Chapter 5. WINTER ON THE MOORS
- 1. At Hermiston
- 2. Kirstie
- 3. A Border Pedigree
- Chapter 6. A LEAF FROM CHRISTINA'S PSALM-BOOK
- Chapter 7. ENTER MEPHISTOPHELES
- Chapter 8. A NOCTURNAL VISIT
- Chapter 9. AT THE WEAVER'S STONE
- Appendices
- 1. Sidney Colvin's Editorial Note
- 2. The Plot Development of Weir of Hermiston
- Essay on the Text
- The Dedication
- Draft Material for the Novel
- Arranging to Publish Weir of Hermiston
- The Missing Typescript
- American Newspaper Syndication
- British Serialization in Cosmopolis
- British Volume Publication
- American Copyright Edition
- American Volume Edition
- Weir of Hermiston in the Edinburgh Edition
- The Present Text
- Emendation List
- End-of-Line Hyphens
- Historical and Geographical Note
- Explanatory Notes
- Glossary.