Robert Louis Stevenson and the ‘Optic Nerve’. Portraiture in Weir of Hermiston
This paper focuses on Stevenson’s last and unfinished novel, according to James ‘a splendid and tragic fragment’. Not much has been written so far about the marked visuality in the opening chapters and the influence of the Scottish painter Raeburn on Stevenson’s writing. I shall try to demonstrate t...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2006-12-01
|
| Series: | Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/cve/12493 |
| _version_ | 1797852806305021952 |
|---|---|
| author | Clotilde De Stasio |
| author_facet | Clotilde De Stasio |
| author_sort | Clotilde De Stasio |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | This paper focuses on Stevenson’s last and unfinished novel, according to James ‘a splendid and tragic fragment’. Not much has been written so far about the marked visuality in the opening chapters and the influence of the Scottish painter Raeburn on Stevenson’s writing. I shall try to demonstrate that, while delineating the powerful image of the Scottish Judge, Lord Braxfield, the writer had in mind his portrait by Raeburn. Stevenson seems also to have followed Raeburn’s technique in the juxtaposition between Lord Braxfield and his son. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-09T19:39:06Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-befd4d19cee84c7e8d8b24a3ee6358bc |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 0220-5610 2271-6149 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-09T19:39:06Z |
| publishDate | 2006-12-01 |
| publisher | Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens |
| spelling | doaj.art-befd4d19cee84c7e8d8b24a3ee6358bc2023-04-04T09:04:16ZengPresses Universitaires de la MéditerranéeCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens0220-56102271-61492006-12-016410.4000/cve.12493Robert Louis Stevenson and the ‘Optic Nerve’. Portraiture in Weir of HermistonClotilde De StasioThis paper focuses on Stevenson’s last and unfinished novel, according to James ‘a splendid and tragic fragment’. Not much has been written so far about the marked visuality in the opening chapters and the influence of the Scottish painter Raeburn on Stevenson’s writing. I shall try to demonstrate that, while delineating the powerful image of the Scottish Judge, Lord Braxfield, the writer had in mind his portrait by Raeburn. Stevenson seems also to have followed Raeburn’s technique in the juxtaposition between Lord Braxfield and his son.http://journals.openedition.org/cve/12493 |
| spellingShingle | Clotilde De Stasio Robert Louis Stevenson and the ‘Optic Nerve’. Portraiture in Weir of Hermiston Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens |
| title | Robert Louis Stevenson and the ‘Optic Nerve’. Portraiture in Weir of Hermiston |
| title_full | Robert Louis Stevenson and the ‘Optic Nerve’. Portraiture in Weir of Hermiston |
| title_fullStr | Robert Louis Stevenson and the ‘Optic Nerve’. Portraiture in Weir of Hermiston |
| title_full_unstemmed | Robert Louis Stevenson and the ‘Optic Nerve’. Portraiture in Weir of Hermiston |
| title_short | Robert Louis Stevenson and the ‘Optic Nerve’. Portraiture in Weir of Hermiston |
| title_sort | robert louis stevenson and the optic nerve portraiture in weir of hermiston |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/cve/12493 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT clotildedestasio robertlouisstevensonandtheopticnerveportraitureinweirofhermiston |