EIL 1.6: Stevenson Context

Introduction to Literature Module 1.6

Treasure Island

Study Guide: Introduction to Literature (Excellence in Literature, English 1)

Focus Text

Module 6 focus text is Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Honors: Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Context Resource Links

These links represent only the online resources referenced in this module. Instructions, background information, offline resources, and assignments are all found in the Excellence in Literature study guide listed above.

Readings

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=622

http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/rlsworks/

The Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/stevenson-by-g-k-chesterton

The Author’s Life

The Treasure Hunter – The Story of Robert Louis Stevenson by Isabel Proudfit,

Robert Louis Stevenson by G. K. Chesterton 

The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls, by Jacqueline M. Overton

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15547

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/590

Robert Louis Stevenson (RLS) Website

http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/stevensonbio.html

Poetry

Robert Louis Stevenson Poetry

http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/stevenson/stevenson_ind.html

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5670

Audio

Jim Hodges has produced an excellent audio recording of Treasure Island:

http://jimhodgesaudiobooks.com/product/treasure-island/

http://librivox.org/treasure-island-by-robert-louis-stevenson-2/

https://archive.org/details/OTRCFR-TreasureIsand

Video

http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/richard-dury-archive/films-rls-treasure-island.html

Treasure Island Adaptations

Visual Arts

http://collections.brandywine.org/ncwcr

NC Wyeth - Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver and his Parrot

Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver and his Parrot by N. C. Wyeth {{PD-1923}}

https://www.excellence-in-literature.com/illustrator-howard-pyle/

Music

https://sites.google.com/a/music-of-robert-louis-stevenson.org/introduction/home

http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/richard-dury-archive/music.htm

Additional online reading

http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/rls/rls.html

http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/

Places to Go

http://www.silveradomuseum.org

http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/museums/109-samoa-museum-western-samoa


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