Instabilities of Narration and Meaning in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Instabilities of Narration and Meaning in Robert Louis Stevenson's

Author: Maike Heberle

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2022-04-13

Total Pages: 6

ISBN-13: 3346626962

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Essay from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, , language: English, abstract: This paper is about the instabilities of narration and meaning in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide". Robert Louis Stevenson’s late-Victorian novel "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" takes place in London between 1883 and 1885, and deals with the dual life of a man named Dr. Jekyll. He secretly separates his second, immoral personality called Mr. Hyde with the aid of drugs, what enables him to live out his desires by violence. His lawyer and friend, Mr. Utterson, aspires to figure out what is going on with his friend and the suddenly emerging troublemaker Hyde, after some indications, that Dr. Jekyll has dealings with him. The double personality of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde leads to an instability of characters, narration and meaning, what invites the reader to have a closer look at the novel’s properties. But the revealing figure is neither Dr. Jekyll nor Mr. Hyde. It is Mr. Utterson who enables the reader to follow the mysterious story of them, what often gets neglected by critics as well as the role of women for the presentation of instability of meaning and narration.

A Companion to Crime Fiction
A Companion to Crime Fiction

Author: Charles J. Rzepka

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2020-07-13

Total Pages: 648

ISBN-13: 1119675774

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A Companion to Crime Fiction presents the definitive guide to this popular genre from its origins in the eighteenth century to the present day A collection of forty-seven newly commissioned essays from a team of leading scholars across the globe make this Companion the definitive guide to crime fiction Follows the development of the genre from its origins in the eighteenth century through to its phenomenal present day popularity Features full-length critical essays on the most significant authors and film-makers, from Arthur Conan Doyle and Dashiell Hammett to Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese exploring the ways in which they have shaped and influenced the field Includes extensive references to the most up-to-date scholarship, and a comprehensive bibliography

Narration in Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Narration in Robert Louis Stevenson's

Author: Anna Theresa Wendel

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2013-01-23

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 3656358265

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Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0, University of Trier, language: English, abstract: This term paper deals with the analysis of the narration in the novel “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” written by Robert Louise Stevenson in 1886. First, I will analyze the narrative situation by elaborating on the narrative structure of the story and its effect on the reader. Then I want to examine the reliability of the different narrators in the book. In the end I will summarize my results by drawing a short conclusion.

Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Author: Francis Gilbert

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9781494767914

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“Clearly Francis Gilbert is a gifted and charismatic teacher,” Philip Pullman, author of 'Northern Lights'.Are you struggling to understand Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'? Or are you an English teacher wanting ready-made exercises and guidance to help you teach this difficult text? Do your students need support to understand the language properly and work independently on the book? This brilliant edition of Stevenson's novel may be the answer to your prayers. Written by an experienced teacher and best-selling author, this version is aimed at students who must analyse the text in depth or teachers wanting to deliver outstanding lessons on it. This book contains an annotated complete text, numerous essays on the novel, including detailed accounts of Robert Louis Stevenson's life, relevant contexts and discussion of vital themes and imagery. The complex vocabulary of the book is analysed throughout, and simple explanations of what is happening punctuate each chapter. Furthermore, there are academic explorations of the issues as well as comprehensive question and answer sections at the end of each chapter, including a “fill-in-the-blanks” summary to check understanding. At the end of the guide, there is advice on how to write successful essays and assignments. There are also plenty of pointers to help students develop their own personal responses, including thought-provoking thematic questions, links to the author's YouTube readings and explanations, and creative response tasks.

Victorian Literature, Energy, and the Ecological Imagination
Victorian Literature, Energy, and the Ecological Imagination

Author: Allen MacDuffie

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-05-29

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1139993291

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Reading Victorian literature and science in tandem, Victorian Literature, Energy, and the Ecological Imagination investigates how the concept of energy was fictionalized - both mystified and demystified - during the rise of a new resource-intensive industrial and economic order. The first extended study of a burgeoning area of critical interest of increasing importance to twenty-first-century scholarship, it anchors its investigation at the very roots of the energy problem, in a period that first articulated questions about sustainability, the limits to growth, and the implications of energy pollution for the entire global environment. With chapters on Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells, Allen MacDuffie discusses the representation of urban environments in the literary imaginary, and how those texts helped reveal the gap between cultural fantasies of unbounded energy generation, and the material limits imposed by nature.

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780393974652

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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 manuscript and for which he read proofs. The text has been rigorously annotated for student readers and is accompanied by a textual appendix.

Handbook of Narrative Analysis
Handbook of Narrative Analysis

Author: Luc Herman

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2019-12

Total Pages: 587

ISBN-13: 1496218531

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Stories are everywhere, from fiction across media to politics and personal identity. Handbook of Narrative Analysis sorts out both traditional and recent narrative theories, providing the necessary skills to interpret any story. In addition to discussing classical theorists, such as Gérard Genette, Mieke Bal, and Seymour Chatman, Handbook of Narrative Analysis presents precursors (such as E. M. Forster), related theorists (Franz Stanzel, Dorrit Cohn), and a large variety of postclassical critics. Among the latter particular attention is paid to rhetorical, cognitive, and cultural approaches; intermediality; storyworlds; gender theory; and natural and unnatural narratology. Not content to consider theory as an end in itself, Luc Herman and Bart Vervaeck use two short stories and a graphic narrative by contemporary authors as touchstones to illustrate each approach to narrative. In doing so they illuminate the practical implications of theoretical preferences and the ideological leanings underlying them. Marginal glosses guide the reader through discussions of theoretical issues, and an extensive bibliography points readers to the most current publications in the field. Written in an accessible style, this handbook combines a comprehensive treatment of its subject with a user-friendly format appropriate for specialists and nonspecialists alike. Handbook of Narrative Analysis is the go-to book for understanding and interpreting narrative. This new edition revises and extends the first edition to describe and apply the last fifteen years of cutting-edge scholarship in the field of narrative theory.

Medicine, Mind, and the Double Brain
Medicine, Mind, and the Double Brain

Author: Anne Harrington

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2021-04-13

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0691228175

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The description for this book, Medicine, Mind, and the Double Brain: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Thought, will be forthcoming.

Horror Literature through History [2 volumes]
Horror Literature through History [2 volumes]

Author: Matt Cardin

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2017-09-21

Total Pages: 1004

ISBN-13:

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This two-volume set offers comprehensive coverage of horror literature that spans its deep history, dominant themes, significant works, and major authors, such as Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, and Anne Rice, as well as lesser-known horror writers. Many of today's horror story fans—who appreciate horror through movies, television, video games, graphic novels, and other forms—probably don't realize that horror literature is not only one of the most popular types of literature but one of the oldest. People have always been mesmerized by stories that speak to their deepest fears. Horror Literature through History shows 21st-century horror fans the literary sources of their favorite entertainment and the rich intrinsic value of horror literature in its own right. Through profiles of major authors, critical analyses of important works, and overview essays focused on horror during particular periods as well as on related issues such as religion, apocalypticism, social criticism, and gender, readers will discover the fascinating early roots and evolution of horror writings as well as the reciprocal influence of horror literature and horror cinema. This unique two-volume reference set provides wide coverage that is current and compelling to modern readers—who are of course also eager consumers of entertainment. In the first section, overview essays on horror during different historical periods situate works of horror literature within the social, cultural, historical, and intellectual currents of their respective eras, creating a seamless narrative of the genre's evolution from ancient times to the present. The second section demonstrates how otherwise unrelated works of horror have influenced each other, how horror subgenres have evolved, and how a broad range of topics within horror—such as ghosts, vampires, religion, and gender roles—have been handled across time. The set also provides alphabetically arranged reference entries on authors, works, and specialized topics that enable readers to zero in on information and concepts presented in the other sections.

Psychopharmacology in British Literature and Culture, 1780–1900
Psychopharmacology in British Literature and Culture, 1780–1900

Author: Natalie Roxburgh

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 3030535983

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This collection of essays examines the way psychoactive substances are described and discussed within late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literary and cultural texts. Covering several genres, such as novels, poetry, autobiography and non-fiction, individual essays provide insights on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century understandings of drug effects of opium, alcohol and many other plant-based substances. Contributors consider both contemporary and recent medical knowledge in order to contextualise and illuminate understandings of how drugs were utilised as stimulants, as relaxants, for pleasure, as pain relievers and for other purposes. Chapters also examine the novelty of experimentations of drugs in conversation with the way literary texts incorporate them, highlighting the importance of literary and cultural texts for addressing ethical questions.