Full Description
Explores the detailed evolution of the work through its composition and on to eventual posthumous publication
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.
Key Features
Composition history drawing on draft manuscript material in various US archivesDetailed account of early publication history in UK and USADetails of early reception in UK and USAFull Explanatory Notes including citations from draft manuscript materialHistorical and Geographical Notes
Contents
Chronology of Robert Louis Stevenson
Introduction
WEIR OF HERMISTON
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
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
Essay on the Text
Emendation List
End-of-Line Hyphens
Historical and Geographical Note
Explanatory Notes
Glossary
