Technical Maturity in Robert Louis Stevenson
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4370855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cannon Schmitt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 54-79 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2014.125.1.54 |
| OpenAlex | W2089520430 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Technical language in novels, rare in itself, is still more rarely interpreted. Focusing on Robert Louis Stevenson's bildungsromans, in this essay I argue that a technical maritime lexicon marks their protagonists' accession to maturity. But that lexicon and the love for the world it attests to and demands also forces a redefinition of what it means to be mature, offering an open, adventurous, never-to-be completed Bildung that refuses the stasis of marriage or a settled profession
Accession · Art · Lexicon · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Sociology · Classics · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |