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Stevensonian, a. (and n.)|stiːvənˈsəʊnɪən|
[f. the name of the writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94) + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of R. L. Stevenson or his writings. Also as n., an admirer of R. L. Stevenson or of his writings.
1897T. Davidson Let. 29 Mar. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. of W. James (1935) I. 756 Nothing but a happy-go-lucky Stevensonian adventuresomeness. 1900Fortn. Rev. Jan. 97 He did not underrate Kidnapped as a whole. ‘By far the most human of my labours hitherto,’ is his verdict, anticipating that of all the true Stevensonians. 1913Smart Set No. 3. 45/1 That polished peanut style that passes for Stevensonian English in the ‘culture’ clubs. 1923G. K. Chesterton in Illustr. London News 22 Sept. 512/2 It was..the essence of the Stevensonian spirit that the melancholy was not incurable even if the misfortune was incurable. 1928Observer 22 Jan. 15/1 Bouvet Island is a Stevensonian treasure island, bare, uninhabited, bleak. 1939John o' London's Weekly 9 June 363/2 A new detective novelist..whose equipment includes..a good homespun prose with Stevensonian echoes. 1974J. Pope-Hennessy R. L. Stevenson vi. 118 Meredith did..start off on a portrait of Louis Stevenson, in the guise of ‘Gower Woodseer’ [in]..The Amazing Marriage [but] the Woodseer of the later part..is not consistent with the Stevensonian youth we encounter at the beginning. |