The island of Doctor Moreau : authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, reception and interpretation / H.G. Wells ; edited by Kimberly Benston.
| Author/creator | Wells, H. G. author. |
| Other author | Benston, Kimberly W., editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xix, 404 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Norton critical editions Norton critical edition. ^A538572 |
| Contents | The text of The island of Doctor Moreau. Glossary of nautical, botanical, and geological terms -- Backgrounds and contexts. Evolution : theory, society, language, and ethics -- Race, cannibalism, and empire -- Animality, science, and the vivisection debate -- Wells on evolution, pain, extinction, and animal mind -- Reception and interpretation. Early reviews -- Modern criticism. |
| Abstract | "This Norton Critical Edition includes: the 1896 William Heinemann edition of Wells's novel - a cauldron of scientific ambition, interspecies conflict, and neocolonial violence - with a glossary of nautical, botanical, and geological terms; a preface with a note on the text, contextualizing headnotes, and explanatory footnotes by Kimberly W. Benston; eight illustrations, including the 1896 frontispiece and artworks relating to the novel's context; an especially rich selection of contextual materials, topically organized: "Evolution: Theory, Society, Language, and Ethics"; "Race, Cannibalism, and Empire"; "Animality, Science, and the Vivisection Debate"; and "Wells on Evolution, Pain, Extinction, and Animal Mind"; fourteen critical interpretations, from reviews upon publication to current critical scholarship; and a chronology of Wells's life and a selected bibliography." -- Adapted from publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Science fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| Genre/form | Romans. |
| Genre/form | Critiques littéraires. |
| ISBN | 9780393920154 paperback |
| ISBN | 0393920151 paperback |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000001505 |