Queering the Gothic

According to Gordon Hirsch, Robert Louis Stevenson’sThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hydedeals in ‘the corrosive presence of gothic passion’,¹ an observation fully developed in the BBC drama seriesJekyll, with which we concluded the last chapter. Where Stevenson absolves himself of the need to e...

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Published inHistory of the Gothic p. 116
Main Author Armitt, Lucie
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United Kingdom University of Wales Press 2011
Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
Edition1
Subjects
Anatomy
Arts
Behavioral sciences
Biological sciences
Biology
Cognitive psychology
Emotion
Emotional states
Extremities
Fear
Female homosexuality
Gays and lesbians
Gender studies
Hands
Health sciences
Homosexuality
Human populations
Literary characters
Literary elements
Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
Literary studies: from c 1900
Literary studies: poetry & poets
Literature
Male homosexuality
Medical specialties
Men
Narrative point of view
Narrators
Pathology
Persons
Population studies
Protagonists
Psychology
Queer culture
Queer studies
Sexual orientation
Social sciences
Upper extremity
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Summary:According to Gordon Hirsch, Robert Louis Stevenson’sThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hydedeals in ‘the corrosive presence of gothic passion’,¹ an observation fully developed in the BBC drama seriesJekyll, with which we concluded the last chapter. Where Stevenson absolves himself of the need to explore the effects of pathological doubling on a nuclear family, Steven Moffat’s television script reintroduces the heterosexual (indeed marital) structure, but retains along with it a fear of the closet (the protagonist, Jackman, suffers from acute claustrophobia). Furthermore, a key aspect of Hyde’s transgressive personality inJekyllresides in flaunting an
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