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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Robert Louis Stevenson Biography (8)

Robert Louis Stevenson

6,055 words, approx. 21 pages

Biography EssayOne of the hallmarks of the Victorian literary achievement is genius wedded to industry and professionalism. One has only to think of Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope or George Elio... Read more

Robert Louis Stevenson

998 words, approx. 4 pages

The Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was one of the most popular and highly regarded British writers of the end of the 19th century. He played a significant par... Read more

Robert Louis Stevenson

6,689 words, approx. 23 pages

As the author of three of the most-loved adventure novels of all time-- Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde--Robert Louis Stevenson has won a reputation as a gr... Read more

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson

5,603 words, approx. 19 pages

One of the hallmarks of the Victorian literary achievement is genius wedded to industry and professionalism. One has only to think of Dickens and Trollope or George Eliot and Matthew Arnold to recall ... Read more

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson

5,270 words, approx. 18 pages

When one reads the nonfiction work of Robert Louis Stevenson along with the novels and short stories, a more complete portrait emerges of the author than that of the romantic vagabond one usually as... Read more

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson

5,294 words, approx. 18 pages

The life of Robert Louis Stevenson was regarded by his public, his friends, and his biographers to be as thrilling as the adventures in the stories he wrote. He was born in Scotland on 13 November 185... Read more

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson

16,685 words, approx. 56 pages

At the time of his death in Samoa in 1894, Robert Louis Stevenson was regarded by many critics and a large reading public as the most important writer in the English-speaking world. "Surely another ... Read more

Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson

10,706 words, approx. 36 pages

A combination of artistic ambitions, a thirst for adventure and discovery, courtship of and eventual marriage to an American, and above all poor health turned Robert Louis Stevenson into a life-long w... Read more

Essays & Analysis (14)

Critical Essay by Alfred C. Ward

2,487 words, approx. 9 pages

In the following excerpt, Ward asserts that “Markheim,” although it strains the reader's credibility, is successful as a parable with a stated moral. Stevenson's earliest s... Read more

Critical Essay by J. R. Hammond

1,917 words, approx. 7 pages

In the following excerpt, Hammond analyzes “Markheim” as an allegory for the psychological duality of man. Stevenson published four volumes of short stories during his lifetime: New Arab... Read more

Critical Essay by Harold Orel

6,252 words, approx. 21 pages

In the following excerpt, Orel discusses “Markheim” in conjunction with the tales “Ollala” and “Thrawn Janet” as representing some of Stevenson's most ... Read more

Critical Essay by John Herdman

1,200 words, approx. 5 pages

In the following excerpt, Herdman inspects the motif of the Doppelgänger in “Markheim.” Stevenson's first attempt on the true double motif is the story “Markheim... Read more

Critical Essay by Barry Menikoff

2,207 words, approx. 8 pages

In the following excerpt, Menikoff discourses upon “Markheim” as an allegory for “the struggle of good and evil for the heart of man.” Unquestionably the single story that ... Read more

Critical Review by Susan Garland Mann and David D. Mann

2,018 words, approx. 7 pages

In the following review, Mann and Mann compare an earlier version of “Markheim” to a more recent version of the story reprinted in a collection of Stevenson stories edited by Barry Menik... Read more

Critical Essay by Ann Gossman

1,082 words, approx. 4 pages

In the following essay, Gossman discusses the influence of Shakespeare's Macbeth on Stevenson's “Markheim.” In defense of the revealing small incident in fiction, Stevenson... Read more

Critical Essay by Joseph J. Egan

3,066 words, approx. 11 pages

In the following essay, Egan discusses “Markheim” as a moral fable in terms of the psychological exploration of the main character. Though “Markheim” has been called the &#... Read more

Critical Essay by Irving S. Saposnik

2,646 words, approx. 9 pages

In the following essay, Saposnik surveys the critical debate over the identity of the visitant in “Markheim.” For a story of its relatively short length, “Markheim” has pro... Read more

Critical Essay by Edwin M. Eigner

2,535 words, approx. 9 pages

In the following excerpt, Eigner discusses the Christian ethics expressed in “Markheim” in comparison to the Christian mores of the Russian writers Fedor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. The ... Read more

Critical Essay by Masao Miyoshi

734 words, approx. 3 pages

In the following excerpt, Miyoshi views the notion of duality in “Markheim” as the embodiment of Markheim's conscience. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) was by no means the first pr... Read more

Critical Essay by C. F. Keppler

1,313 words, approx. 5 pages

In the following excerpt, Keppler discusses the symbolism of the visitant in terms of Christian ethics. In another group of examples the good second self resembles in technique the second self as Temp... Read more

Critical Essay by Irving S. Saposnik

2,509 words, approx. 9 pages

In the following excerpt, Saposnik offers a psychological reading of “Markheim,” concluding that Markheim's surrender to the police “is neither good nor evil.” Steve... Read more

Critical Essay by Theodore Ziolkowski

1,128 words, approx. 4 pages

In the following excerpt, Ziolkowski considers mirrors in “Markheim” as symbols of the character's confrontation with his own conscience. We see how well the lesson of narrative s... Read more

The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables SummaryRobert Louis Stevenson

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