The Proper Pirate: Robert Louis Stevenson's Quest for Identity

Author:   Jefferson A. Singer (Faulk Foundation Professor, Department of Psychology, Faulk Foundation Professor, Department of Psychology, Connecticut College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780199328543


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   03 November 2016
Format:   Hardback
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The Proper Pirate: Robert Louis Stevenson's Quest for Identity


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Author:   Jefferson A. Singer (Faulk Foundation Professor, Department of Psychology, Faulk Foundation Professor, Department of Psychology, Connecticut College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 15.70cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780199328543


ISBN 10:   0199328544
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   03 November 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Jehovah Tsidkenu Chapter 2 - Trapped in the House of Eld Chapter 3 - The Bohemian Finds a Wife and Purpose Chapter 4 - Disobedience Dreamed by a Loyal Son Chapter 5 - Et Ego in Arcadia Vixi Chapter 6 - The Gothic Gnome and the Worm of Conscience Chapt. 7 - The Generative Turn: The Deepening of Stevenson's Societal Identity Chapter 8 - My Heart Sings - First Travels in the South Seas Chapter 9 - The Good Work Done

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If like me you grew up reading some of Stevensons works, and a tale such as The Bottle Imp - with its surprising and unsettling ending - stays in your mind long after you read it, this book offers a good frame for reflecting on the author of these stories, in a soldily psychological way. * Miriam Lorenzen, PsyStudents *


If like me you grew up reading some of Stevensons works, and a tale such as The Bottle Imp — with its surprising and unsettling ending — stays in your mind long after you read it, this book offers a good frame for reflecting on the author of these stories, in a soldily psychological way. * Miriam Lorenzen, PsyStudents *


If like me you grew up reading some of Stevensons works, and a tale such as The Bottle Imp - with its surprising and unsettling ending - stays in your mind long after you read it, this book offers a good frame for reflecting on the author of these stories, in a soldily psychological way. Miriam Lorenzen, PsyStudents


Author Information

Jefferson A. Singer is the Dean of the College and Faulk Foundation Professor of Psychology at Connecticut College. He is the author of 5 books and many articles, chapters, and reviews in the fields of personality, memory, and clinical psychology. Singer was the recipient of the Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, and a Social Science Research Council Award, both for research on autobiographical memory conducted in the United Kingdom. He was the 2010 recipient of the Henry Murray Award for the Study of Narrative Lives from Division 8 (Society for Personality and Social Psychology) of the American Psychological Association.

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