Across the Plains (Stevenson, R. L.), 56–57
Act of Union, 69
Adam Weir (fictional character), 178–79
adulthood, journey to, 79–86
adventure stories. See boys’ adventure stories
“Aes Triplex” (Stevenson, R. L.), 165
agent, in narrative identity, 76
Alan Breck Stewart (fictional character), xix, 75, 139–43, 146
The Amateur Emigrant (Stevenson, R. L.), 56–58, 72
Anglican regime, 3
“An Apology for Idlers” (Stevenson, R. L.), 103
“The Arcadian Shepherds” (Poussin), 93–94
archetypal characters, 76
Archie Weir (fictional character), 178–79
art
from imagination, 42–43
in response to mortality, 95
transgressive love of, 7
artistic calling, 32–33, 42, 145
assertive autonomy, 65
attachment theory, 17
“At the Seaside” (Stevenson, R. L.), 96–97
Attwater (fictional character), 174–76
“Auntie’s Skirts” (Stevenson, R. L.), 100
author, in narrative identity, 76
Babington, Churchill, 35
Babington, Maude, 35–36
Balfour, Graham (cousin), 37
Balfour, Lewis (maternal grandfather), 7
Ballantyne, R. M., 73
Barrie, J. M., 166–67
battlefield, imaginary, 100
Baxter, Charles, 30–31, 34–35, 60
Henley’s quarrel and, 155–56
letters to, 56, 69, 117, 147, 155–56, 178
“The Beach of Falesá” (Stevenson, R. L.), 163, 172–73
Beattie, Hilary, 120–21
“Bed in Summer” (Stevenson, R. L.), 96
Bell Rock, 1–3
“Beloved Scoundrel” theme, 75–78
Ben Gunn (fictional character), 82, 85
Billy Bones (fictional character), 74, 79–81
Binding, Paul, 153
birth, 5
The Black Arrow (Stevenson, R. L.), 90, 108, 139
Black Dog (fictional character), 74, 80
“Block City” (Stevenson, R. L.), 109
“Bluidy Jack,” 9–10, 61–62, 65, 114, 116
“The Body Snatcher” (Stevenson, R. L.), 70, 117, 138
bohemian lifestyle
meditations on, 49
of Stevenson, Fanny, 46–47
of Stevenson, Robert Louis, 33–35, 41–42, 45, 48–50, 53, 55, 62, 115, 148
Bournemouth, 114–16, 120–21, 146–48, 165
boys’ adventure stories, 64
Kidnapped as more than, 139–41
love of, 85
problematized, 73–75
“Brasheana” (Stevenson, R. L.), 31
Bristow, Joseph, 73
Burgess, Gelett, 34
burial, 179–80
“Burly,” Henley as, 52–53
Callow, Philip, 93
Calvinism
themes, 98
“Captain George North” pseudonym, 86, 91
Case (fictional character), 172
Catriona (Stevenson, R. L.). See David Balfour
Centenary Edition of Stevenson’s Collected Works (Dury), 120
“A Chapter on Dreams” (Stevenson, R. L.), 119, 153
characters. See also specific characters
archetypal, 76
depth of, xi
female, 172–73
in narrative identity, 31
Chesterton, G. K., 131
“The Child Alone” (Stevenson, R. L.), 106–10
aspirations of, 100–101
Colinton manse in, 20–22, 93–95, 103–4
Cunningham and, 10–12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 169
health in, 8–9, 18, 21–22, 100–101
life story, 12–17
nightmares in, 15–16, 106, 125, 130
parents and, 5–8
preoccupation with, 89
religion in, 6–7, 11–12, 14–15, 17, 19, 21, 75
A Child’s Book of Poems, ix–x
A Child’s Garden of Verses (Stevenson, R. L.), xiii, xix, 15
adults and, 90–91
“The Child Alone” section, 106–10
Cunningham and, 95–96, 98, 107
dedication of, 95
“Escape from Shame” script and, 90–91
“Honor in Honesty” script and, 102
imagination in, 89, 91, 95–111
origins of, 92–95
outdoors in, 153
popularity of, 87
“Child’s Play” (Stevenson, R. L.), 94–95
City of Literature, UNESCO, 146
Civilization and Its Discontents (Freud), 170
Colinton manse, 182
in childhood, 20–22, 93–95, 103–4
in “Reminiscences of Colinton Manse,” 100, 104, 147
“A College Magazine” (Stevenson, R. L.), 27, 147
colonialism, 159–60, 163, 176, 181
Colvin, Sydney, xxii, 60–61, 68, 134, 178
as father figure, 33
last sight of, 149
letters to, xix, 38, 108, 121, 152, 160, 166–67, 173–74, 181
loyalty of, 156
commitment
in identity, xvii–xix
committed action, 59
Conrad, Joseph, 173
conscience, worm of, 132–34
conscious forces, xxii
Conway, Martin, 107–8
Cooper, James Fenimore, 73
Cornhill Magazine, 52
cousins, as friends, 30
Covenanters, 3, 10–12, 14, 20, 50
Crockett, S. R., 177–78
Cunningham, Alison “Cummy,” 147
childhood and, 10–12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 169
A Child’s Garden of Verses and, 95–96, 98, 107
lessons learned from, 38
religion and, 11–12, 14, 19, 98, 126–27, 132
David Balfour (fictional character), xix, 115, 139–43, 146
David Balfour (Stevenson, R. L.), 69, 146, 162–63
Davis (fictional character), 174, 176
Deacon Brodie (Stevenson, R. L.), 51–52, 118, 138
death
of Stevenson, Robert Louis, 170, 179–82
of Stevenson, Thomas, 146–48, 151
Defoe, Daniel, 72
depression, 29–30
“Devil as Angel” theme, 75–78
devotions, 176
Dick Naseby (fictional character), 58–59, 76
double-identity themes, 118
dreams, 15–16, 106, 119, 153. See also nightmares
Dr. Livesey (fictional character), 81, 83
dualities
in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 121, 126–31, 134
“The Dumb Soldier” (Stevenson, R. L.), 110
Dury, Richard, 120
“Early Memories” (Stevenson, R. L.), 169
“The Ebb-Tide” (Stevenson, R. L.), 51, 163, 172–76, 178–79
Edinburgh
leaving, 148
New Town, xix, 4–5, 29, 32, 146
Old Town, xix, 4–5, 29, 31–32, 146
as UNESCO City of Literature, 146
Writers’ Museum, xi
education
“The Education of an Engineer” (Stevenson, R. L.), 26
“Emblems” (Stevenson, R. L.), 64
Enfield (fictional character), 122–24
engineering education, 26–29, 31–32
England
Act of Union and, 69
relocation to, 114–15
“Envoys” (Stevenson, R. L.), 106, 110–11
epitaph, 180
Erikson, Erik
Gandhi’s Truth, ix, 135
identity theory of, xvii–xix, 17, 62, 64–65, 135, 137
“Der Erlkönig” (Schubert), 98–99
A Child’s Garden of Verses and, 90–91
Colinton manse and, 20–22
echoes of, 28
extracting, 17–20
health and, 35
“Honor in Honesty” script contrasted with, 59, 133
introduction to, xxi–xxii
Kidnapped and, 144–45
as nuclear script, 18–19
outdoors and, 153
religion and, 35
schematization of, 19–20
trap of, 38
Treasure Island and, 76
“Essays, Reflections and Remarks on Human Life” (Stevenson, R. L.), 28
Et Ego in Arcadia Vixi (“I once lived in Arcadia”), 93–94
evil, 15–16
exploration, in identity, xvii–xix
eye infection, 47–48
Fables (Stevenson, R. L.), 38–39, 78, 170–72
“Farewell to the Farm” (Stevenson, R. L.), 106
fatalism, 54
father figures, 33
female characters, 172–73
Ferrier, James Walter, 30–31, 34–35
Flint, Captain (fictional character), 81–82
“The Flowers” (Stevenson, R. L.), 110
foreclosed identity, xviii, 27
“Foreign Lands” (Stevenson, R. L.), 98, 103
Free Church movement, 138
“From a Railway Carriage” (Stevenson, R. L.), 105–6
Gandhi’s Truth (Erikson), ix, 135
Garschine, Madame, 96
generalized other, xxii
generativity, stagnation vs., xviii, 135–36
ghost stories, 69
Gifford, Douglas, 75
Gilligan, Carol, 65
“The Good Boy” (Stevenson, R. L.), 102
“A Good Play” (Stevenson, R. L.), 99
Gosse, Edmund, 53–54, 134, 178
last sight of, 149
letters to, 55, 60–61, 101, 115, 132
Treasure Island origins and, 71
gothic gnome, 114, 127, 129, 132–34
grace, finding, 176–77
Graham, Lesley, 10
Guthrie, Lord, 11
Guttmacher, Alan, 9
Halberstam, Judith, 119–20
Hamlet-like characters, 51, 180
Hammack, P., 25
Hawaii, 157
“The Hayloft” (Stevenson, R. L.), 106
Hazlitt, William, 93–94
health
“Bluidy Jack” and, 9–10, 61–62, 65, 114, 116
in Bournemouth, 114–16, 146–47, 165
in childhood, 8–9, 18, 21–22, 100–101
“Escape from Shame” script and, 35
eye infection, 47–48
fatalism and, 54
in Hyères, 92–93
influence of, xxiii–xxiv, 101, 139, 148
Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome and, 8–10, 61, 179
physical incapacitation, 93
shame about, 20
Stevenson, Fanny, nursing, 62–63, 68, 115
after Treasure Island, 89–90
Heathercat (Stevenson, R. L.), 177
Henley, William Ernest, 69, 85, 107, 134, 148
as “Burly,” 52–53
collaboration with, 52–53, 61, 90, 115–16, 118, 138
expectations of, 55–56
Hospital by, 52
last sight of, 149
Long John Silver inspired by, xxii, 77
quarrel with, 154–57
Henry (fictional character), 153–54
hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). See Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome
hereditary illness, 8–10
Heriot Row house, 10, 50, 95–96, 106
heroic stances, 17
HHT. See Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome
Highland outlaw, Alan Breck Stewart as, 141–42
Hispaniola, 81–83
History of the Highlands from 1746 (Stevenson, R. L.), 139
home
Bournemouth, 114–16
Heriot Row, 10, 50, 95–96, 106
imagination and, 182
return to, 103
in Samoa, 159–63, 165–68, 176–81
“Honor in Honesty” script, 70, 155, 177
A Child’s Garden of Verses and, 102
“Escape from Shame” script contrasted with, 59, 133
introduction to, xxi
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and, 114, 120
Horan, Nancy, 46
Hospital (Henley), 52
“The House of Eld” (Stevenson, R. L.), 39–41, 170–71
Huish (fictional character), 174, 176
“A Humble Remonstrance” (Stevenson, R. L.), 161
Hyde, Mr. Edward (fictional character)
in Jekyll’s narrative, 126–32
Stevenson, Robert Louis, in, 122–26
transformation into, 113–14, 127, 129–31
Hyères, 92–95
hypnagogic images, 97
in religion, 138
in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 114, 120, 124, 128, 134
Ide, Annie, 168
identity. See also narrative identity
achieved, xviii
commitment in, xvii–xix
concept of, xvii
confusion, 130–31
double, 118
early challenges of, 17
exploration in, xvii–xix
formation, 25
integrative, 144–46
moratorium, 26–30
personal aspect of, xvii, 1, 20
personal growth and, 144–46, 180–82
progress, 89
quest for, xvii, xx, xxii–xxiv, 45, 114
recent view of, 65
reconfigured, 151
societal, xvii, 1, 20, 25, 137–46
theory, xvii–xix, 17, 62, 64–65, 135, 137
transformation of, by secret potion, 114
imagination
ambivalent relationship to, 89, 162
art created from, 42–43
battlefield in, 100
in A Child’s Garden of Verses, 89, 91, 95–111
home and, 182
journey of, 95–111
rebellion in, 27
shame about, xxiii
as shared secret, x
sin and, 38
transgressive love of, 7
voyages of, 181
“Inchcape Rock” (Southey), 2
An Inland Voyage (Stevenson, R. L.), 30, 41–43
integrative identity, 144–46
internal moral conflict, xix–xx
In the South Seas (Stevenson, R. L.), 158, 160
invalid days, at Davos, 68–69
“I once lived in Arcadia” (Et Ego in Arcadia Vixi), 93–94
Irving, Washington, 72
Israel Hands (fictional character), 83–84
James (fictional character), 153–54
James, Henry, 70, 116, 134, 143, 149
“A Humble Remonstrance” and, 161
James Durie (fictional character), 75
Janet Nicholl, 157
Japp, Alexander, 71–72
Jehovah Tsidkenu, 12–13
Jekyll, Dr. Henry (fictional character)
narrative of, 126–32
Stevenson, Robert Louis, in, 122–26
transformation of, 113–14
Jekyll and Hyde. See Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Jenkin, Fleeming, 33, 116–17, 133, 137
Jim Hawkins (fictional character)
journey to adulthood of, 79–86
Long John Silver and, x, xix, 75–77, 84–85
“Keepsake Mill” (Stevenson, R. L.), 103–4, 127, 182
Kidnapped (Stevenson, R. L.)
background knowledge for, 69
Beloved Scoundrel in, 75
The Black Arrow and, 139
“Escape from Shame” script and, 144–45
film and television adaptations of, xiii
as more than boys’ story, 139–41
religion in, 146
Scotland and, 139–40
Stevenson, Thomas, and, 115, 146–49
Treasure Island and, 139
Kiely, Richard, 85
Kingston, W. H. G., 73
Knox, John, 3
“The Lamplighter” (Stevenson, R. L.), 104–5
“The Land of Counterpane” (Stevenson, R. L.), 100
“The Lantern Bearers” (Stevenson, R. L.), 103
Lanyon, Dr. Hastie (fictional character), 113–14, 122–23, 126
letters, collection of, xii
Liberty-Justice-Reverence (LJR) drinking club, 34–35
life story
childhood, 12–17
introduction to, xx–xxii
key pivots of, 45
purpose of, 54
voices in, xxii
Linehan, Katherine, 123
Lister, Joseph, 52
LJR drinking club. See Liberty-Justice-Reverence drinking club
Lloyd, John, 47
Long John Silver (fictional character)
allure and repulsion of, 76–78
Jim Hawkins and, x, xix, 75–77, 84–85
“The Persons of the Tale” and, 78–79
restaurants named after, xiii
“Looking Forward” (Stevenson, R. L.), 99
“Looking-Glass River” (Stevenson, R. L.), 105
Lowland moralist, David Balfour as, 142–43
macro-story, xx
magnification, 18
Mandela, Nelson, 52
mandrake, 40
Marcia, James, xvii
“Markheim” (Stevenson, R. L.), 116, 118
marriage, 62–65, 161–63, 180. See also Stevenson, Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne
Masson, Flora, 148
The Master of Ballantrae (Stevenson, R. L.), 59, 69, 75, 146, 153–54
maternal figures, 36, 48, 64, 96
M’Cheyne, Robert Murray, 12–14
Mead, George, xxii
“Memoirs of an Islet” (Stevenson, R. L.), 147
“Memoirs of Himself” (Stevenson, R. L.), 15–16, 61
memories
in narrative identity, xxi
types of, 94
Menikoff, Barry, 139
Meredith, George, 181
“The Merry Men” (Stevenson, R. L.), 59, 70, 76
micro-stories, xx
mindfulness, 42
The Misadventures of John Nicholson (Stevenson, R. L.), 138
Modestine (donkey), 48–49
money
from parents, 41–42, 62–63, 68–69, 115
from writing, xxiii, 41, 48, 60, 62, 65, 90, 108, 114, 117, 135, 145
moral uncertainties, in South Seas, 172–76
moratorium, xviii
morphine, 116
mortality, art in response to, 95
mother/lover imagery, 96
Mr. Hyde (fictional character), 75
Myers, F. W. H., 177
“My First Book: Treasure Island” (Stevenson, R. L.), 71–72
“My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold” (Wordsworth), 169
Myself and the Other Fellow: A Life of Robert Louis Stevenson (Harman), xii
“My Shadow” (Stevenson, R. L.), ix–x
narrative identity. See also life story
author and agent in, 76
characters in, 31
introduction to, xx–xxii
narratives
defined, xx
Jekyll’s, 126–32
Native Americans, 140
“Nest Eggs” (Stevenson, R. L.), 110
New Town, in Edinburgh, xix, 4–5, 29, 32, 146
nightmares
in childhood, 15–16, 106, 125, 130
about Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 119, 121, 127
“The Nixie” (Stevenson, F.), 155–56
“North-West Passage” (Stevenson, R. L.), 106, 123
“Notes of Childhood” (Stevenson, R. L.), 14–15
nuclear script, 18–19
“Olalla” (Stevenson, R. L.), 59, 139
Old Town, in Edinburgh, xix, 4–5, 29, 31–32, 146
“On the Choice of a Profession” (Stevenson, R. L.), 103, 105–6
Osbourne, Belle (stepdaughter)
help from, 166–68
relationship with, xviii, 46–47, 90, 157, 163, 166–68, 179
Osbourne, Hervey, 47
Osbourne, Lloyd (stepson)
collaborations with, 64, 161, 175
relationship with, xviii, xxii, 47, 64, 68, 70, 71, 114, 136, 147, 149, 161–62, 179
Speculative Society and, 147
Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome, 8–10, 61, 179
outdoors, “Escape from Shame” script and, 153
hatred of, xxii, 19, 22, 59, 68
in Prince Otto, 91–92
return to, 68
“Pastoral” (Stevenson, R. L.), 147
“The Pavilion on the Links” (Stevenson, R. L.), 50–51
“penny” number magazines, 108, 134
The Pentland Rising (Stevenson, R. L.), 25–26
personal growth, 144–46, 180–82
personal identity, xvii, 1, 20
“The Persons of the Tale” (Stevenson, R. L.), 78–79
physical appearance, 22
physical incapacitation, 93
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men’s Chest, xiii
“Pirate Story” (Stevenson, R. L.), 97–98
plagiarism, in “The Nixie,” 155
“A Plea for Gaslamps” (Stevenson, R. L.), 104
Poole (fictional character), 125–26
positive scenes, 18
Poussin, Nicolas, 93–94
poverty, in Old Town, 32
Presbyterian Covenanters, 3, 10–12, 14, 20
Prince Otto (Stevenson, R. L.), 59, 90–91, 108, 138
projective identification, 7
prostitutes, 31
provider, role as, 136–39
psychological freedom, 42
public figure, role as, 136–39
“Rain” (Stevenson, R. L.), 97
“The Rajah’s Diamond” (Stevenson, R. L.), 50–51, 86
realism, 160–62
Records of a Family of Engineers (Stevenson, R. L.), 177
religion. See also Calvinism
authentic vision of, 32–33
in childhood, 6–7, 11–12, 14–15, 17, 19, 21, 75
Cunningham and, 11–12, 14, 19, 98, 126–27, 132
in “The Ebb-Tide,” 175–76
“Escape from Shame” script and, 35
hypocrisy in, 138
in Kidnapped, 146
shame and, 14
sin in, 15–16
in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, 49
writing and, 25–26
“Reminiscences of Colinton Manse” (Stevenson, R. L.), 100, 104, 147
reputation, changes in, xi
“Requiem” (Stevenson, R. L.), 180
restaurant chains, xiii
“Retreat” (Vaughan), 23n1
“A Retrospect” (Stevenson, R. L.), 93
“Roads” (Stevenson, R. L.), 37, 48
Robert Herrick (fictional character), 174–76
role confusion, identity formation vs., 25
“Rosa Quo Locorum” (Stevenson, R. L.), xix, 1, 12–14
Rui-Ori, 159
salient event, 18
Samoa
burial in, 179–80
living in, 159–63, 165–68, 176–81
Sandison, Alan, 176
Saposnik, Irving, 128–29
Saranac Lake, 153–55
scenes, 18
Schubert, Franz, 98–99
Scotland. See also Edinburgh
Act of Union and, 69
Bell Rock in, 1–3
Kidnapped and, 139–40
roots in, xix
South Seas and, 158–59
scripts. See also “Escape from Shame” script; “Honor in Honesty” script
“Honor in Honesty,” xxi
in narrative identity, xxi
nuclear, 18–19
scenes in, 18
sea voyages
South Seas, 157–63
secret potion, identity transformed by, 114
self-deception, 58–59
sexuality, 64
“The Shadow” (Stevenson, R. L.), 101
shame. See also “Escape from Shame” script
about health, 20
about imagination, xxiii
mastery over, xxii
in nuclear scripts, 18–19
religion and, 14
significant emotional response, 18
The Silverado Squatters (Stevenson, R. L.), 67, 86, 90
“Singing” (Stevenson, R. L.), 99
“The Sinking Ship” (Stevenson, R. L.), 171
Sir Danvers Carew (fictional character), 125, 129
relationship with, 35–36
son of, 68
Stevenson, Fanny, and, 45–46, 48, 62
Skelt’s Juvenile Drama, 11
Skerryvore, 6, 116, 137–38, 165
Smith, Henrietta Scott (maternal grandmother), 7
smoking jacket, 31
Smollett, Captain (fictional character), 78–79, 81
social conscience, 32
societal identity, xvii, 1, 20, 25, 137–46
“Something in It” (Stevenson, R. L.), 171
South Seas. See also Samoa
moral uncertainties in, 172–76
Scotland and, 158–59
voyages to, 157–63
Southey, Robert, 2
The Speculative Society, 30–32, 147
Squire Trelawny (fictional character), 81
stagnation, generativity vs., xviii, 135–36
stepfather, role as, 136–39
Stephen, Leslie, 52
Stevenson, Alan (uncle), 6–7
Stevenson, Bob (cousin)
as artist, 33
in childhood, 17
envy of, 155–56
letters to, 27–29, 32, 147, 152–53, 169–70
in LJR, 35
Prince Otto and, 91–92
writing and, 27–28
Stevenson, David (uncle), 6
Stevenson, Fanny Vandegrift Osbourne (wife)
as bohemian, 46–47
in Bournemouth, 114–16
changed relationship with, 161–63, 180
departure of, 48–50
divorce of, 60–62
estrangement from, 166–67
in Hyères, 92
meeting of, 43
“The Nixie,” 155–56
second marriage of, 62–65, 161–63, 180
in South Seas, 157–63
voice of, xxii
as widow, 179
writing and, 90, 118, 155–56, 167, 171
Stevenson, Katharine (cousin), 108–9, 149, 155–56
Stevenson, Margaret (mother)
financial support from, 41–42, 62–63, 68–69, 115
letters to, 166
Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome and, 8–10
return to, 67–68
softening of, 62
voice of, xxii
as widow, 147–49
Stevenson, Robert (paternal grandfather), 2, 6
Stevenson, Robert Louis. See specific topics
Stevenson, Thomas (father)
childhood under, 5–7
conflict with, 20, 22, 31–33, 35, 38, 45, 54–55, 59–60, 115
decline of, 115–16, 120–21, 137–38, 146–48
expectations of, 36–37, 55, 151
financial support from, 41–42, 62–63, 68–69, 115
return to, 67–68
softening of, 62
Treasure Island origins and, 71
voice of, xxii
writing and, 25–26, 38, 50, 146
Stevenson Engineering, 2–3, 6, 26
Stevensonia, xi
“The Story of a Lie” (Stevenson, R. L.), 58–59, 76, 138, 178
stowaways, 57–58
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Stevenson, R. L.)
Beloved Scoundrel in, 75
dualities in, 121, 126–31, 134
film and television adaptations of, xiii
gothic gnome in, 114, 127, 129, 132–34
great “reveal” of, 113–14
“Honor in Honesty” script and, 114, 120
hypocrisy in, 114, 120, 124, 128, 134
influence of, xiv
interpretation of, 120–22
Jekyll’s narrative in, 126–32
nightmare about, 119, 121, 127
sexuality and, 64
Stevenson, Robert Louis, in, 122–26
Writers’ Museum and, xi
Strong, Austin (step-grandson), xviii, 64, 157, 163, 166
“The Suicide Club” (Stevenson, R. L.), 50–51, 86
Swanston, 21
“The Swing” (Stevenson, R. L.), 105
Symonds, J. A., 132
“System” (Stevenson, R. L.), 101
television adaptations, x, xiii
“Thomas Stevenson, Civil Engineer” (Stevenson, R. L.), 147
“A Thought” (Stevenson, R. L.), 96
“Thrawn Janet” (Stevenson, R. L.), 69
Tomkins, Silvan, 18–19, 40, 108
“The Touchstone” (Stevenson, R. L.), 171–72
“Travel” (Stevenson, R. L.), 99
“The Traveling Companion” (Stevenson, R. L.), 118
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (Stevenson, R. L.), 48–50
travel writing, 37, 45, 48, 158. See also specific works
Treasure Island (Stevenson, R. L.)
aftermath of, 86–87
“Escape from Shame” script and, 76
film and television adaptations of, x, xiii
health after, 89–90
Hispaniola in, 81–83
identity progress in, 89
imagination in, x
influence of, xiii
Kidnapped and, 139
“My First Book: Treasure Island” on, 71–72
origins of, 69–75
“The Persons of the Tale” and, 78–79
preface, 72–73
truancy, 28–29
truth
complexity of, 40
pinpricks of, 170–72
tuberculosis, 9
Uma (fictional character), 172
unconscious forces, xxii
Under the Wide and Starry Sky (Horan), 46
Underwoods (Stevenson, R. L.), 90
UNESCO City of Literature, 146
unfinished writing, xix, 12, 28, 177, 180
United States (U.S.)
vision of, 56
University of Edinburgh, 26, 29
U.S. See United States
Utterson, Gabriel John (fictional character), 114, 122–26
Vaughan, H., 23n1
velvet smoking jacket, 31
Victorians, 55, 63, 104, 114, 122, 132
voyages
of imagination, 181
South Seas, 157–63
Voyage to Windward (Furnas), xii
water, as creative force, 96–97
Weir of Hermiston (Stevenson, R. L.), 51, 138, 146, 163, 172, 177–79
“Where Go the Boats?” (Stevenson, R. L.), 99–100
“Whole Duty of Children” (Stevenson, R. L.), 97
“Will o’ the Mill” (Stevenson, R. L.), 50–51, 76
Wiltshire (fictional character), 172–73
wind, as creative force, 97–98, 102
“The Wind” (Stevenson, R. L.), 102
“Windy Nights” (Stevenson, R. L.), 98
“Winter-Time” (Stevenson, R. L.), 106
Wordsworth, William, 21, 99, 169
worm of conscience, 132–34
The Wrecker (Stevenson, R. L., and Osbourne, L.), 161
writer
Writers’ Museum, xi
writing. See also specific works
ambivalence about, 132–33
artistic calling to, 32–33, 42, 145
bohemian persona in, 45
career launched in, 37
experimentation in, 154
identity crisis and, 38–39
last, 177–79
money from, xxiii, 41, 48, 60, 62, 65, 90, 108, 114, 117, 135, 145
realist, 160–62
religion and, 25–26
about South Seas, 158–63, 172–76
Stevenson, Bob, and, 27–28
Stevenson, Fanny, and, 90, 118, 155–56, 167, 171
Stevenson, Thomas, and, 25–26, 38, 50, 146
unfinished, xix, 12, 28, 177, 180
The Wrong Box (Stevenson, R. L., and Osbourne, L.), 161
“Young Night Thought” (Stevenson, R. L.), 97