Historian examines how three 19th-century authors recoiled from technology
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 11:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
In 1890, living in Samoa, Robert Louis Stevenson sent a letter to his fellow writer Henry James, explaining a momentous decision on his part: Disillusioned with a rapidly changing, technologically driven world, Stevenson intended to remain in "exile" on the island, never to return to his native Britain.