New Article through LFQ

I have a new article published at Literature/Film Quarterly, titled “‘Are We Not Men?’ Science, Sympathy, and Women in Adaptations of H.G. Wells’s The Island of Dr. Moreau.“ This article looks at the ways in which the anti-vivisection movement of the 19th century inspired Wells to create a text that plumbed the possibilities of animal experimentation. In the twentieth century, film adaptations pivoted to a completely new character, the puma woman. I ask why this female character was introduced and why she has become integral to the Moreau story, even in a recent spate of Young Adult literature adaptations.

I’m pleased to report that LFQ has been open-access since 2016, which means you can read my article for free at their website by clicking here.

(You can also read their back-catalog through JSTOR, if you have access through your institution. They’re an incredible resource for those who are interested in adaptation studies, so if you have your eye on an article but do not have institutional access, please reach out to me.)