| Contents |
The Text of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- Notes on the Manuscript -- Contexts -- Composition -- [Writing the Tale] / Graham Balfour -- [The Use of Dreams] / Robert Louis Stevenson -- [My Other Self] -- Correspondence and Reception -- To Sidney Colvin, late September/early October 1885 / Robert Louis Stevenson -- To Charles Longman, c. November 1, 1885 -- To Will H. Low, December 26, 1885 -- To Katharine de Mattos, January 1, 1886 -- To Edward Purcell, February 27, 1886 -- To Robert Louis Stevenson, March 3, 1886 / John Addington Symonds -- To John Addington Symonds, early March 1886 / Robert Louis Stevenson -- To John Paul Bocock, c. mid-November 1887 -- "I am, Yours, RLS": A Stevenson Signature -- [A Wide Margin for the Wonderful] / Henry James -- Historical and Cultural Contexts -- ["Dreadfully Delightful City"] / Judith R. Walkowitz -- [Passion for the Male Sex] / John Addington Symonds -- Criticism -- Dr. Jekyll's Closet / Elaine Showalter -- Parasites and Perverts: An Introduction to Gothic Monstrosity / Jack Halberstam -- Dr. Jekyll's Two Bodies / Martin Danahay -- The Sedulous Ape: Atavism, Professionalism, and Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde / Stephen D. Arata. |
| Abstract |
"This second edition of Norton Critical Edition of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 First British Edition, directly from Stevenson's manuscript. The narrative follows a lawyer, John Utterson, who investigates the strange and unsettling occurrences involving his friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll and the evil Edward Hyde. The "Contexts" includes several of Stevenson's letters and other materials with relevance to Late- Victorian culture. "Criticism" features essays that analyze several themes including sexuality, gothic monstrosity, and atavism in Victorian society. A selected bibliography and chronology are also included"-- Provided by publisher. |
