Robert Louis Stevenson (Critical Survey of Poetry)

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Robert Louis Stevenson is primarily remembered for his prose fiction, although he was a notable essayist and enjoyed a small reputation as a poet. Stevenson also tried his hand at drama and collaborated with William Ernest Henley in the writing of four plays (Deacon Brodie, 1880; Beau Austin, 1884; Admiral Guinea, 1884; and Macaire, 1885), and with his wife, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson, on one (The Hanging Judge, 1887). His first published works were collections of essays, which he would continue to publish...

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