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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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"'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' has more to do with Gothic tradition than late 19th Century psychology". Discuss this statement with reference to Victorian morals and society as well as the writer's craft. "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" is set in a gothic genre of suspense and mystery. The novel was written by Robert Louis Stevenson set in Victorian England 1886 and at a time when scientific experiments and knowledge was expanding, including the theory of Charles Darwin. The first Gothic novel was 'The Castle of Otranto' written by Horace Walpole in 1794. Other eminent authors include Matthew Lewis famous for his novel 'The Monk' and Ann Radcliffe, who was well known for her novel 'The Italian.' The novel was compiled at a time when most people in the 19th century were concerned with the doppelgänger (double self), death and rebirth, urbanism, decline of the Empire, sexual...
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