{"product_id":"strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-2","title":"Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde","description":"\u003ch1\u003eStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/h1\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: W. W. Norton  \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003eJanuary 1 2003\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780393974652\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0393974650\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \"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 \u003cem\u003eStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/em\u003e's initial reception. Stevenson's 1885 tale \"Markheim,\" a precursor to \u003cem\u003eJekyll and Hyde\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eJekyll and Hyde\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Performance Adaptations\" addresses--in writings by C. Alex Pinkston, Jr., Charles King, and Scott Allen Nollen--the many ways in which \u003cem\u003eStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391013290029,"sku":"20237","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_92182e1b-f3f8-438c-85d8-7caae5e2d6b7.jpg?v=1787350567","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-2","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}