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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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In the following excerpt, Orel discusses “Markheim” in conjunction with the tales “Ollala” and “Thrawn Janet” as representing some of Stevenson's most ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 &#...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis (Balfour) Stevenson
