by Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850-1894)
Chapters: 1. On Some Technical Elements of Style in Literature | 2. The Morality of the Profession of Letters | 3. Books Which Have Influenced Me | 4. A Note on Realism | 5. My First Book: "Treasure Island" | 6. The Genesis of "The Master of Ballantrae" | 7. Preface to "The Master of Ballantrae" | Footnotes
Footnotes
- First
published in the Contemporary Review, April 1885
- Milton.
- Milton.
- Milton.
- As
PVF will continue to haunt us through our English examples, take, by way of
comparison, this Latin verse, of which it forms a chief adornment, and do
not hold me answerable for the all too Roman freedom of the sense: 'Hanc volo,
quae facilis, quae palliolata vagatur.'
- Coleridge.
- Antony
and Cleopatra.
- Cymbeline.
- The
V is in 'of.'
-
Troilus and Cressida.
-
First published in the FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW, April 1881.
-
Mr. James Payn.
-
A footnote, at least, is due to the admirable example set before all young
writers in the width of literary sympathy displayed by Mr. Swinburne. He runs
forth to welcome merit, whether in Dickens or Trollope, whether in Villon,
Milton, or Pope. This is, in criticism, the attitude we should all seek to
preserve; not only in that, but in every branch of literary work.
-
First published in the BRITISH WEEKLY, May 13, 1887.
-
Of the BRITISH WEEKLY.
-
First published in the MAGAZINE OF ART in 1883.
-
First published in the IDLER, August 1894.
-
NE PAS CONFONDRE. Not the slim green pamphlet with the imprint of Andrew Elliot,
for which (as I see with amazement from the book-lists) the gentlemen of England
are willing to pay fancy prices; but its predecessor, a bulky historical romance
without a spark of merit, and now deleted from the world.
-
1889.
Chapters: 1. On Some Technical Elements of Style in Literature | 2. The Morality of the Profession of Letters | 3. Books Which Have Influenced Me | 4. A Note on Realism | 5. My First Book: "Treasure Island" | 6. The Genesis of "The Master of Ballantrae" | 7. Preface to "The Master of Ballantrae" | Footnotes
More: Writer Directory | Book Reviews | Homework Help | E-texts | Timeline | Submit a Review |
