All Outputs (23)

Review of Matthew Beaumont. The Spectre of Utopia: Utopian and Science Fictions at the Fin de Siecle. (2013)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2013). Review of Matthew Beaumont. The Spectre of Utopia: Utopian and Science Fictions at the Fin de Siecle. Review of English Studies, https://doi.org/10.1093/res/hgt050

A review of Matthew Beaumont

The Gothic: Detection and Science Fiction. (2013)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2013). The Gothic: Detection and Science Fiction. In C. McCracken-Flesher (Ed.), Approaches to Teaching the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson (96-103). The Modern Languages Association

An essay on how Stevenson fits into the genre of detection and science fiction literature.

Penguin Editions of Conrad: A Review Essay by Linda Dryden (2009)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2009). Penguin Editions of Conrad: A Review Essay by Linda Dryden. English literature in transition, 1880-1920, 52, 196

This is a review essay requested by the Editor of English Literature in Transition. The essay gives an overview of the importance of Joseph Conrad and then discusses the merits of the new Penguin editions of his work.

Times indeed are changed: Conrad, "Typhoon" and Pall Mall Magazine. (2009)
Journal Article
Dryden, L. (2009). Times indeed are changed: Conrad, "Typhoon" and Pall Mall Magazine. Conradiana, 41, 132-152. https://doi.org/10.1353/cnd.2011.0015

This is a journal article in a special edited edition of Conradiana. It discusses Joseph Conrad's publishing history prior to and during his relationship with Pall Mall Magazine, focussing specifically on the serialization of 'Typhoon.'

Conrad and his readers. (2009)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2009). Conrad and his readers. In A. H. Simmons (Ed.), Joseph Conrad in context (221-228). Cambridge University Press

This is an essay in a special collection called Conrad in Context. The essay discusses Conrad in the context of late-nineteenth-century reading practices.

Introduction (2009)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2009). Introduction. In Stevenson and Conrad: writers of transition (1-12). Texas Tech University Press

This Introduction assesses Robert Louis Stevenson within the context of the reputation of Joseph Conrad. It discusses the cross-overs between their works, their mutual friends and their respective reputations as authors. It also gives an overview of... Read More about Introduction.

Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad: Writers of Transition (2009)
Book
(2009). L. Dryden, S. Arata, & E. Massie (Eds.), Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad: Writers of Transition. Texas, USA: Texas Tech University Press

This edited book is the first complete book-length study to consider the work of Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad within the same framework. It contains essays from internationally renowned scholars of both authors and seeks to reposition Ste... Read More about Robert Louis Stevenson and Joseph Conrad: Writers of Transition.

Editorial-Journal of Stevenson Studies issue 5 (2008)
Other
Dryden, L., & Watson, R. (2008). Editorial-Journal of Stevenson Studies issue 5

This is the Editorial for issue 5 of the Journal of Stevenson Studies for which Linda Dryden is co-General Editor with Professor Rory Watson

H. G. Wells and Joseph Conrad: a literary friendship (2007)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2007). H. G. Wells and Joseph Conrad: a literary friendship. In J. S. Partington (Ed.), H. G. Wells's Fin-de-Siècle (101-112). Peter Lang

This essay was first published in The Wellsian and is collected here in an edited book that contains the best essays on Wells published in recent years.

She: gothic reverberations in Star Trek: first contact (2007)
Book Chapter
Dryden, L. (2007). She: gothic reverberations in Star Trek: first contact. In B. Brabon, & S. Genz (Eds.), Postfeminist Gothic: Critical Interventions in Contemporary Culture (154-169). Palgrave Macmillan

This essay discusses how the film Star Trek: First Contact uses the gothic tropes of the femme fatale as expressed in Rider Haggard's iconic text She. This is a collection of essays edited by Ben Brabon and Stephanie Genz.

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.