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". . .
man is not truly one, but truly two."
The following books will introduce you to Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde,
who said these words in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange
Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde..
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- Stevenson, Robert Louis. The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Other
Stories (Jenni Calder, Ed.). Penguin USA, 1980.
- Wolf, Leonard (Ed.). The
Essential Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Including the Complete
Novel of Robert Louis Stevenson. New York:
Plume/Penguin USA, 1995.
- Best edition of this horror/ sci-fi classic, with
crisp illustrations, wry and surprising
explanatory notes, and an excellent filmography.
- Rose, Brian A. Jekyll
and Hyde Adapted: Dramatizations of Cultural Anxiety.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996.
- Rose traces the evolution of Jekyll/Hyde on film,
as a diagnostic of changing cultural values in
this century.
- Geduld, Harry M. (Ed.). The
Definitive Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Companion. New
York: Garland, 1983.
- An impressive array of articles cover background
on the novel, the importance of doubles (doppelgängers)
in literature, and Stevenson's own personality
quirks. The extensive filmography is
international and includes numerous adaptations
and variants, such as The Nutty Professor
and Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde.
- Veeder, William and Hirsch, Gordon (Eds.). Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde After One Hundred Years. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1988.
- Essays commemorating the character's centennial,
well illustrated with a variety of book
illustrations, theatrical photos, political
cartoons, and movie stills.
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