The Proper Pirate: Robert Louis Stevenson's Quest for Identity

by Jefferson A. Singer

Exploring the life and times of author Robert Louis Stevenson, The Proper Pirate takes readers on a psychological journey from the writer's religious and constricted upbringing to a life of imagination and wonder culminating in the South Seas island of Samoa. Drawing on contemporary theories of identity development, Jefferson A. Singer traces how Stevenson overcame Victorian dualities of piety versus passion in both his personal life and artistic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199328544
• ISBN13: 9780199328543
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"