The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
By: Robert Louis Stevenson ; edited by Martin A. Danahay
Contributors: Danahay, Martin A.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Broadview editions
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Physicians; Fiction; Multiple personality; Self-experimentation in medicine
Description: "First published in 1886 as a "shilling shocker," Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde takes the basic struggle between good and evil and adds to the mix bourgeois respectability, urban violence, and class conflict. The result is a tale that has taken on the force of myth in the popular imagination. This Broadview edition provides a selection of contextual material, including contemporary reviews of the novel, Stevenson's essay "A Chapter on Dreams," and excerpts from the 1887 stage version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Also included are historical documents on criminality and degeneracy, the "Jack the Ripper" murders, and London in the 1880s." "New to this second edition are an updated critical introduction and, in the appendices, writings on Victorian psychology by Thomas Carlyle, Richard Krafft-Ebing, and Henry Maudsley, among others."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-215).