The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
HydePlease inform Ms. D if any of these links don't work.
Discussion
questions for DJMH
http://www.d.umn.edu/~csigler/jekyll.html
Robert Louis
Stevenson Metasite
http://wwwesterni.unibg.it/siti_esterni/rls/rls.htm
IPL Resources
for Robert Louis Stevenson
http://ipl.ulis.ac.jp:8001/cgi-bin/ref/litcrit/litcrit.out.pl?au=ste-29
includes resources
for period responses to Stevenson's literature, author discusses
his opinions of his work, letters Stevenson wrote, and general
biographical information
Review of Shattuck's
Forbidden Knowledge, citing DJMH as a trangression against
human nature, including some direct quotes from Shattuck's work.
http://www.brothersjudd.com/webpage/litcrit.htm
Literary
Criticism:
Roger Shattuck's Essay "Why Evil is Cool" outlining
the four categories of evil. While the essay does not directly
refer to DJMH, ideas found here are completely applicable.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99jan/evil.htm
Literary
Criticism:
"A Head Full of Swirling Dreams" is Brian Doyle's biographical
analysis of Stevenson and his works.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2001/11/doyle.htm
Brief theme
analysis and character profiles compliments of Novel Guide.
http://www.novelguide.com/dr.jekyllandmr.hyde/themeanalysis.html
http://www.novelguide.com/dr.jekyllandmr.hyde/characterprofiles.html
The Literary
Gothic author page for Robert Louis Stevenson
http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/stevenson.html
Very brief
overview of critical period response to Stevenson
http://wwwesterni.unibg.it/siti_esterni/rls/ambrosini_rls20c.htm
Online exhibition
of Stevenson's works and personal timeline, includes photos
http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/rls/rls.html
Literary
Criticism:
Suicide in DJMH
http://65.107.211.206/victorian/books/suicide/06e.html
Victorian Science:
An Overview
http://65.107.211.206/victorian/science/sciov.html
Literary
Criticism:
Allusions in DJMH
http://65.107.211.206/victorian/authors/stevenson/allusion1.html
Literary
Criticism:
Evolutionist Psycology
How period psycological thought was present in DJMH
http://www.uta.edu/english/danahay/sullymain.html
Literary
Criticism:
Psycological Perspectives
How Freud's psycological theories are present in DJMH
http://www.uta.edu/english/danahay/ummamain.html
Literary
Criticism:
"Seeking Hyde"
http://us.penguinclassics.com/shared/SharedDisplay/0,,49827_0,00.html
Victorian reactions
to the 1888 murders associated with Jack the Ripper
http://www.casebook.org/press_reports/index.html