Disfigurement and disability in Gothic literature: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

 

Illustrations to Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 1930

Jen Campbell examines how 19th-century beliefs about disability, physical appearance and character are presented in Robert Louis Stevensonโ€™s novella, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.


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https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/disfigurement-and-disability-in-gothic-literature


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