Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific

L. M. Ratnapalan

Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
30 November 2024
Pages
192
ISBN
9781474494823

Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific

L. M. Ratnapalan

Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pacific Islands re-orients the intellectual biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by presenting him in the distinctive cultural environment of the Pacific. The book argues that Stevenson was religiously literate within a Scottish Presbyterian tradition and therefore well placed to grasp with subtlety the breadth and dynamics of a Christianized Pacific culture. It considers his legacy with respect to issues of indigenous sovereignty and agency and positions him within an important and wide-ranging modern debate about inculturation, defined as the emergence of Christianity from within a particular culture rather than imposed on it from outside. Through this study of a major Scottish writer, the book offers a model of interdisciplinary scholarship.

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