Reading History and Nation: Robert Louis Stevenson's Reading of William Forbes-Mitchell's Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-9

Towheed, Shafquat (2009). Reading History and Nation: Robert Louis Stevenson's Reading of William Forbes-Mitchell's Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-9. Nineteenth-Century Contexts, 31(1) pp. 3–17.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08905490902857384

Abstract

This article closely examines Robert Louis Stevenson's reading of a specific work, William Forbes-Mitchell's 'Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny, 1857-9', and places this within the broader context of Stevenson's reading practices. It considers how this celebrated Victorian reader read (and re-enacted) the past, and engages with new methodology in demonstrating the possibilities and challenges of reconstructing the activity of reading.

Viewing alternatives

Metrics

Item Actions

Export

You can export this page using these formats Digital Object Identifier - DOI

About

• Item ORO ID
• 18515
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1477-2663
• Keywords
• Robert Louis Stevenson; The Indian Mutiny; William Forbes-Mitchell; Samoa; history of reading; Reading Experience Database; marginalia; Austin Strong
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > English & Creative Writing
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Research Group
• Postcolonial and Global Literatures Research Group (PGL)
  History of Books and Reading (HOBAR)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2009 Taylor & Francis
• Depositing User
• Shafquat Towheed