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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 manu* and for which he read proofs. The text has been rigor-ously annotated for student readers and is accompanied by a textual appendix.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a wealth of materials on the tale's pub-lication history as well as its relevance to Victorian culture. Twelve of Steven-son'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 contempo-rary responses--including those by Julia Wedgwood, Gerard Manley Hopkins,and Henry James--illustrate Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's initial re-ception. 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 dis-cuss 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 IR. Walkowitz and Walter Houghton consider the implications of Victorian moral conformity and political disunity for society at large.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a wealth of materials on the tale's pub-lication history as well as its relevance to Victorian culture. Twelve of Steven-son'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 contempo-rary responses--including those by Julia Wedgwood, Gerard Manley Hopkins,and Henry James--illustrate Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's initial re-ception. 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 dis-cuss 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 IR. Walkowitz and Walter Houghton consider the implications of Victorian moral conformity and political disunity for society at large.