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Monomaniacs, evolutionary science and the influence of Stevenson in Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau

Dryden, Linda

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Richard J Hill
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Abstract

This essay unravels some of the Stevensonian influences and literary allusions that Wells drew upon when conceiving The Island of Doctor Moreau. What emerges is a clear recognition of Stevenson as a major late-nineteenth-century author who played a significant role in the inauguration of some of the new literary genres that emerged during the twentieth century.

Citation

Dryden, L. (2017). Monomaniacs, evolutionary science and the influence of Stevenson in Wells's The Island of Doctor Moreau. In R. J. Hill (Ed.), Robert Louis Stevenson and the Great Affair: Movement, Memory, and Modernity. Robert Louis Stevenson and the Great Affair: Movement, Memory, and Modernity: Routledge

Acceptance Date May 29, 2014
Publication Date 2017-02
Deposit Date Jun 9, 2017
Publisher Routledge
Book Title Robert Louis Stevenson and the Great Affair: Movement, Memory, and Modernity
Chapter Number 11
ISBN 978-1-4724-6935-9
Keywords Stevenson, Wells, imperialism
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/821765