The Feminine Within: Robert Louis Stevenson Critiques the Victorian Novel.
This paper considers the feminine and masculine characterization that typifies the Victorian novel. By externalizing these qualities in the roles of women and men, the Victorian novel limits the representation of gender. Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde deliberately contradicts this tradition by locating both feminine and masculine dualities within the men of his novel. This enables him to represent gender in more complex contexts. 4 pgs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.