Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (2003, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393974650
ISBN-139780393974652
eBay Product ID (ePID)1911853

Product Key Features

Book TitleStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Horror, Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction
AuthorRobert Louis Stevenson
Book SeriesNorton Critical Editions Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight8.3 Oz
Item Length0.8 in
Item Width0.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2002-026541
Dewey Edition0
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Edition DescriptionCritical
Table Of ContentPreface List of Illustrations The Text of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeTextual Appendix: I. Selected Manuscript VariationsII. Variations in Wording between Printer's Copy Fragment and First EditionBackgrounds and Contexts: Composition and Production: Graham Balfour - [Summary of Composition and Early Reception]Robert Louis Stevenson - Selected Letters:To Sidney Colvin, late September/early October 1885To His Wife, c. October 20, 1885To Andrew Lang, Early December, 1885To Katherine de Mattos, January 1, 1886To Will H. Low, January 2, 1886To F.W.H. Myers, c. February 23, 1886To J.R. Vernon, February 25, 1886To Edward Purcell, February 27, 1886To F.W.H. Myers, March 1, 1886To John Addington Symonds, Early March, 1886To Thomas Russell Sullivan, c. January 27, 1887To John Paul Bocock, c. mid-November, 1887Robert Louis Stevenson - [The Dream Origin of the Tale]Reception: [Andrew Lang] - [Mr. Stevenson's Originality of Treatment]Birmingham Daily Post - [A Mere Bit of Catch-Penny Sensationalism][James Ashcroft Noble] - [The Place of Honour][E.T. Cook] - [Not Merely Strange, but Impossible]The Times of London - [His Very Original Genius]John Addington Symonds - Letter to Robert Louis Stevenson, March 3, 1886[Julia Wedgwood] - [The Individualizing Influence of Modern Democracy]Gerard Manley Hopkins - Letter to Robert Bridges, October 28, 1886Henry James - [The Art of the Presentation]The Leamington Spa Courier - The Rev. Dr. Nicholson on "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"Markheim and the Victorian Market for Sensation Fiction: Robert Louis Stevenson - MarkheimRobert Louis Stevenson - [How I Came to be Such a Student of Our Penny Press]Literary Contexts: Doubles, Devils, and Monsters Karl Miller - [The Modern Double]Jenni Calder - [Stevenson's Scottish Devil Tales]Judith Halberstam - [An Introduction to Gothic Monstrosity]Scientific Contexts: Concepts of the Divided Self: Stephen Jay Gould - [Post-Darwinist Theories of the Ape Within]Frederic W.H. Myers - Multiplex PersonalityNorman Kerr - [Abject Slaves to the Narcotic]John Addington Symonds - [This Aberrant Inclination in Myself]Sociohistorical Contexts: Political Disunity and Moral Conformity: Judith R. Walkowitz - [London in the 1880s]Walter Houghton - [Hypocrisy]Performance AdaptationsC. Alex Pinkston - The Stage Premiere of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeCharles King - [Themes and Variations]Scott Allen Nolan - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Paramount, 1931)A Checklist of Major Performance AdaptationsCriticism: G. K. Chesterton - [The Real Stab of the Story]Vladimir Nabokov - [A Phenomenon of Style]Peter K. Garrett - [Instabilities of Meaning, Morality, and Narration]Patrick Brantlinger - [An Unconscious Allegory about the Masses and Mass Literacy]Katherine B. Linehan - Sex, Secrecy, and Self-Alienation in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeRobert Louis Stevenson: A Chronology Selected Bibliography
Synopsis"Performance Adaptations" addresses--in writings by C. Alex Pinkston, Jr., Charles King, and Scott Allen Nollen--the many ways in which Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has been dramatized over more than a century and explores its status as a perpetually effective vehicle for changing psychological and social concerns. A checklist of major performance adaptions is provided, along with a sampler of publicity photos. "Criticism" includes essays by G. K. Chesterton, Vladimir Nabokov, Peter K. Garrett, Patrick Brantlinger, and Katherine Linehan that center on the tale's major themes of morality, allegory, and self-alienation. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included., "Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a wealth of materials on the tale's publication history as well as its relevance to Victorian culture. Twelve of Stevenson's letters from the years 1885-87 are excerpted, along with his essay "A Chapter on Dreams," in which he comments on the plot's origin. Ten contemporary responses--including those by Julia Wedgwood, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Henry James--illustrate Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's initial reception. Stevenson's 1885 tale "Markheim," a precursor to Jekyll and Hyde and a window onto the Victorian sensation market, is reprinted in its entirety in this Norton Critical Edition. Karl Miller, Jenni Calder, and Judith Halberstam discuss literary genres central to Jekyll and Hyde. Four scientific essays--including one by Stephen Jay Gould--elucidate Victorian conceptions of atavism, multiple-personality disorder, narcotics addiction, and sexual aberration. Judith R. Walkowitz and Walter Houghton consider the implications of Victorian moral conformity and political disunity for society at large. "Performance Adaptations" addresses--in writings by C. Alex Pinkston, Jr., Charles King, and Scott Allen Nollen--the many ways in which Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has been dramatized over more than a century and explores its status as a perpetually effective vehicle for changing psychological and social concerns. A checklist of major performance adaptions is provided, along with a sampler of publicity photos. "Criticism" includes essays by G. K. Chesterton, Vladimir Nabokov, Peter K. Garrett, Patrick Brantlinger, and Katherine Linehan that center on the tale's major themes of morality, allegory, and self-alienation. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included., This Norton Critical Edition of Stevenson's enduringly popular and chilling tale is based on the 1886 First British Edition, the only edition set directly from Stevenson's manuscript and for which he read proofs. The text has been rigorously annotated for student readers and is accompanied by a textual appendix., "Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a wealth of materials on the tale's publication history as well as its relevance to Victorian culture. Twelve of Stevenson's letters from the years 1885-87 are excerpted, along with his essay "A Chapter on Dreams," in which he comments on the plot's origin. Ten contemporary responses--including those by Julia Wedgwood, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Henry James--illustrate Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 's initial reception. Stevenson's 1885 tale "Markheim," a precursor to Jekyll and Hyde and a window onto the Victorian sensation market, is reprinted in its entirety in this Norton Critical Edition. Karl Miller, Jenni Calder, and Judith Halberstam discuss literary genres central to Jekyll and Hyde . Four scientific essays--including one by Stephen Jay Gould--elucidate Victorian conceptions of atavism, multiple-personality disorder, narcotics addiction, and sexual aberration. Judith R. Walkowitz and Walter Houghton consider the implications of Victorian moral conformity and political disunity for society at large. "Performance Adaptations" addresses--in writings by C. Alex Pinkston, Jr., Charles King, and Scott Allen Nollen--the many ways in which Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has been dramatized over more than a century and explores its status as a perpetually effective vehicle for changing psychological and social concerns. A checklist of major performance adaptions is provided, along with a sampler of publicity photos. "Criticism" includes essays by G. K. Chesterton, Vladimir Nabokov, Peter K. Garrett, Patrick Brantlinger, and Katherine Linehan that center on the tale's major themes of morality, allegory, and self-alienation. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.
LC Classification NumberPR5485.A2L56 2002

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