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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/9003| Appears in Collections: | Literature and Languages Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | 'Ginger beer and earthquakes' –Stevenson and the terrors of contingency |
| Author(s): | Watson, Roderick |
| Contact Email: | r.b.watson@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | Stevenson and modernism absurdity, contingency and existentialism terror disgust brute energy 'the dread foundation of life' 'Aes Triplex' 'Pulvis et Umbra' 'Lay Morals' 'The Merry Men' The Ebb Tide The Master of Ballantrae The Wrecker Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2011 |
| Date Deposited: | 10-Sep-2012 |
| Citation: | Watson R (2011) 'Ginger beer and earthquakes' –Stevenson and the terrors of contingency. Journal of Stevenson Studies, 8, pp. 108-124. http://www.english.stir.ac.uk/research/profile/stevensonstudies.php |
| Abstract: | The essay traces recurrent tropes of contingency, and even absurdity, in Stevenson's writing to argue for an existential or proto-existential element in his thought. It touches on the critical case made for aspects of modernism in his writing and it refers in particular to his essays 'Aes Triplex' and 'Pulvis et Umbra'. |
| URL: | http://www.english.stir.ac.uk/research/profile/stevensonstudies.php |
| Rights: | Publisher allows this work to be made available in this repository. Published in Journal of Stevenson Studies by Stirling Centre for Scottish Studies. |
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