Outputs (23)

The vexed question of humanity in Heart of Darkness: a historicist reading (2007)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2007). The vexed question of humanity in Heart of Darkness: a historicist reading. In D. C. R. A. Goonetilleke (Ed.), Joseph Conrad's Heart of darkness (83-91). Routledge

This book chapter takes a historicist approach to Conrad's Heart of Darkness. It relies on theories of historicim and ethnography and cites Clifford Geertx and James Clifford as well as Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

At the court of Blackwood’s: in the Kampong of Hugh Clifford. (2006)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2006). At the court of Blackwood’s: in the Kampong of Hugh Clifford. In D. Finkelstein (Ed.), Print Culture and the Blackwood Tradition 1805-1930 (215-35). University of Toronto Press

City of Dreadful Night: Stevenson's Gothic London. (2006)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2006). City of Dreadful Night: Stevenson's Gothic London. In R. Ambrosini, & R. Dury (Eds.), Robert Louis Stevenson: Writer of Boundaries (253-264). University of Wisconsin Press

The essay discusses the portrayal of late-nineteenth-century London in Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, suggesting that the city is as much of a character in the novel as the protagonists.

'To Boldly Go': Heart of Darkness and popular culture. (2006)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2006). 'To Boldly Go': Heart of Darkness and popular culture. In P. B. Armstrong (Ed.), Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness (500-506). Norton Critical Edition

This is an extract of the paper published first in Conradiana and now included in the Norton anthology of essays accompanying the text of Heart of Darkness. The essays are selected on the basis of their originality and contribution to the field of Co... Read More about 'To Boldly Go': Heart of Darkness and popular culture..

Editorial-Journal of Stevenson Studies Issue 3 (2006)
Other
Dryden, L., & Watson, R. (2006). Editorial-Journal of Stevenson Studies Issue 3

This is an editorial for issue 3 of the Journal of Stevenson Studies for which Linda Dryden is co-General Editor

H.G. Wells and Joseph Conrad: a literary friendship. (2005)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2005). H.G. Wells and Joseph Conrad: a literary friendship. The Wellsian : journal of the H.G. Wells Society, 28, 2-13

Joseph Conrad and psychological medicine: a review essay (2004)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2004). Joseph Conrad and psychological medicine: a review essay. Conradiana, 35, 259-67

The essay is a review of Martin Bock's Joseph Conrad and Psychological Medicine that discusses recent approaches to Conrad sudies by way of contextualising Bock's book.

Visual-narrative and virtual reality. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Carroll, F., Smyth, M., & Dryden, L. (2004). Visual-narrative and virtual reality. In R. E. Griffin, S. B. Chandler, & B. D. Cowden (Eds.), Visual Literacy and Development: An African Experience - Selected readings of the IVLA Annual Conference

This paper explores the relationship between the image and the narrative in virtual reality (VR) environments. It addresses three main issues; how we engage in images, how the VR technology can enhance this engagement and how narratives can maintai... Read More about Visual-narrative and virtual reality..

A Note on When the Sleeper Wakes and Heart of Darkness (2004)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2004). A Note on When the Sleeper Wakes and Heart of Darkness. Notes and Queries, 171-174

This article discusses the fact that Heart of Darkness is mentioned in H. G. Wells's When the Sleeper Wakes. It argues that due to publication dates, it would seem that Wells knew about Conrad's story and may well have seen the manuscript.

'The Coming Terror': Well's outcast London and the modern gothic (2003)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2003). 'The Coming Terror': Well's outcast London and the modern gothic. Victorian Gothic: Leeds Centre Working Papers in Victorian Studies, 6, 41-55

This paper discusses the gothic tensions in H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. It positions a story that is generally regarded as an early work of science fiction within a gothic context.