Travels in Hawaii

by Robert Louis Stevenson, A. Grove Day (Editor)

Overview

In 1899 a chartered yacht, the Casco, brought to Honolulu Robert Louis Stevenson and his family. The writer was then already at the height of his popularity in Europe and the United States. He spent the next six months and another, shorter period in 1893 in the Hawaiian Islands, participating in the life of the "royal crowd" and enjoying the best health of a lifetime plagued with illness. Travels in Hawaii brings together many of the diverse works from a romantic interlude in the career of this famous writer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824802578
Publisher:	University of Hawaii Press, The
Publication date:	10/01/1973
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.63(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

A. Grove Day was a leading authority on the literature of the Pacific.

Date of Birth:

November 13, 1850

Date of Death:

December 3, 1894

Place of Birth:

Edinburgh, Scotland

Place of Death:

Vailima, Samoa

Education:

Edinburgh University, 1875

Editorial Reviews

DeNeef (English, Duke) argues that the application of the modern critical theories of Heidegger, Lacan, and Derrida to the seventeenth century poet Thomas Traherne makes the three theorists accessible in new and important ways and provides a useful method for understanding Traherne. Contains literature citations, but no coherent bibliography. Brings together many of the diverse works (travel essays, a journal, letters, and poems) from a romantic interlude in the career of the famous writer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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