Othello in the South Seas: Robert Louis Stevenson’s “The Beach of Falesá” as Shakespearean Rewriting Lucio De Capitani Published in Connotations Vol. 34 (2025) Abstract This article reads Robert Louis Stevenson’s Pacific novella “The Beach of Falesá” (1892) as a rewriting of Shakespeare’s Othello. There are, in fact, several clues […]
One More Time: Stevenson’s “Across the Plains” and the Genre of Trans-American Travel Caroline McCracken-Flesher Published in Connotations Vol. 34 (2025) Abstract In 1879 Robert Louis Stevenson set out from Scotland and then travelled across America on the emigrant train. The narrative of his sea voyage troubled the sensibilities of […]
Stevenson and Traditions of Satire Linda Simonis Published in Connotations Vol. 34 (2025) Abstract Stevenson is not usually considered a satirical writer. The following article seeks to explore this hitherto neglected aspect of Stevenson’s work. By drawing on two short stories which remained unpublished during his lifetime, “Diogenes in London” […]
Courting the Bourgeois: Stevenson, Baudelaire, and Writing as a Profession Katherine Ashley Published in Connotations Vol. 34 (2025) Abstract Stevenson’s sedulous aping of Charles Baudelaire, the painter of modern life and godfather of French style, is most evident in the prose poems that he wrote in 1875 after reading Baudelaire’s […]
“Scott’s Voyage in the Lighthouse Yacht” and Intertextual Transmission Lesley Graham Published in Connotations Vol. 34 (2025) Abstract This article takes as its point of departure a short note by Robert Louis Stevenson written as an introduction to his grandfather Robert Stevenson’s account of a trip taken in 1814 to […]
Chance, Choice, Evolutionary Canonicity, and the Anthologist’s Dilemma: A Response to William E. Engel1 Barbara M. Benedict Published in Connotations Vol. 34 (2025) Abstract This response takes issue with Professor Engel’s contention that literary anthologists choose texts that perforce provide readers with a literary canon. By examining the British literary […]
Dickens’s Reality Show: Chromophobia in American Notes Francesca Orestano Published in Connotations Vol. 34 (2025) Abstract This article originates from the Dickens Seminar, traditionally a feature of the biennial ESSE—European Society for the Study of English—Conference, which was held in 2022 at the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. The Dickens […]
Familiar Studies: Stevenson’s Multiple Voices Richard Dury Published in Connotations Vol. 34 (2025) Abstract Stevenson’s ten essays collected in Familiar Studies (1882) differ stylistically from other contemporary studies of history, literary criticism, and literary history. They lack the single, authoritative, and impersonal voice that readers would expect of such methodical […]
Intertextual Stevenson: A Brief Introduction Lena Linne and Burkhard Niederhoff Published in Connotations Vol. 34 (2025) Abstract The writings of Robert Louis Stevenson have been extensively adapted and rewritten, in particular The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. However, Stevenson also imitated and transformed the works of others, […]
Medieval Jane Austen: A Response to Fritz Kemmler Roger E. Moore Published in Connotations Vol. 34 (2025) Abstract In this essay, I respond to Fritz Kemmler’s provocative suggestion that Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is indebted to medieval Christian traditions of moral instruction, particularly the seven deadly sins and their […]
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