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The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Norton Critical Edition
“Kimberly Benston has created an invaluable edition of The Island of Doctor Moreau, H. G. Wells’s darkest and most disturbing tale. The volume’s rich selection of historical documents brings into view the multiple contexts out of which this dystopian narrative emerged, while Benston’s splendid introduction provides fresh and thoughtful assessments of Wells’s distinctive achievement and of its impact both in his day and in our own.”
—Stephen Arata, University of Virginia

“Like The Island of Doctor Moreau itself, the paratexts that accompany this vital new edition are engrossing, lush, and revelatory.”
—Seo Young Chu, CUNY Queen’s College

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • The 1896 William Heinemann edition of the novel.
  • An expansive and thought-provoking introduction, a note on the text detailing the complex publication history, and explanatory footnotes.
  • Ten illustrations, including the 1896 frontispiece and related sources.
  • An especially rich selection of contextual materials, topically organized: Evolution; Race, Cannibalism, and Empire; Animality, Science, and the Vivisection Debate; Literary Influences; and further writings by Wells.
  • Twenty-six critical interpretations from early nineteenth century views to the most current critical scholarship.
  • A chronology of Wells’s life and a selected bibliography.
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The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Norton Critical Edition
“Kimberly Benston has created an invaluable edition of The Island of Doctor Moreau, H. G. Wells’s darkest and most disturbing tale. The volume’s rich selection of historical documents brings into view the multiple contexts out of which this dystopian narrative emerged, while Benston’s splendid introduction provides fresh and thoughtful assessments of Wells’s distinctive achievement and of its impact both in his day and in our own.”
—Stephen Arata, University of Virginia

“Like The Island of Doctor Moreau itself, the paratexts that accompany this vital new edition are engrossing, lush, and revelatory.”
—Seo Young Chu, CUNY Queen’s College

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • The 1896 William Heinemann edition of the novel.
  • An expansive and thought-provoking introduction, a note on the text detailing the complex publication history, and explanatory footnotes.
  • Ten illustrations, including the 1896 frontispiece and related sources.
  • An especially rich selection of contextual materials, topically organized: Evolution; Race, Cannibalism, and Empire; Animality, Science, and the Vivisection Debate; Literary Influences; and further writings by Wells.
  • Twenty-six critical interpretations from early nineteenth century views to the most current critical scholarship.
  • A chronology of Wells’s life and a selected bibliography.
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The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Norton Critical Edition

The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Norton Critical Edition

The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Norton Critical Edition

The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Norton Critical Edition

Overview

“Kimberly Benston has created an invaluable edition of The Island of Doctor Moreau, H. G. Wells’s darkest and most disturbing tale. The volume’s rich selection of historical documents brings into view the multiple contexts out of which this dystopian narrative emerged, while Benston’s splendid introduction provides fresh and thoughtful assessments of Wells’s distinctive achievement and of its impact both in his day and in our own.”
—Stephen Arata, University of Virginia

“Like The Island of Doctor Moreau itself, the paratexts that accompany this vital new edition are engrossing, lush, and revelatory.”
—Seo Young Chu, CUNY Queen’s College

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

  • The 1896 William Heinemann edition of the novel.
  • An expansive and thought-provoking introduction, a note on the text detailing the complex publication history, and explanatory footnotes.
  • Ten illustrations, including the 1896 frontispiece and related sources.
  • An especially rich selection of contextual materials, topically organized: Evolution; Race, Cannibalism, and Empire; Animality, Science, and the Vivisection Debate; Literary Influences; and further writings by Wells.
  • Twenty-six critical interpretations from early nineteenth century views to the most current critical scholarship.
  • A chronology of Wells’s life and a selected bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780393920154
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 01/02/2025
Series: Norton Critical Editions Series
Edition description: First Edition
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Kimberly W. Benston is Francis B. Gummere Professor of English at Haverford College, where he has also served as director of the Hurford Center for Arts and Humanities, provost, and the fifteenth president, and from which he received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. His books include Baraka: The Renegade and the Mask and Performing Blackness: Enactments of African-American Modernism. He is editor of Imamu Amiri Baraka: A Collection of Critical Essays, Speaking for You: The Vision of Ralph Ellison, Larry Neal: Essays, the “Performance” Special Issue of PMLA, and the “Black Arts Movement” section of The Norton Anthology of African American Literature.

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England
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