Violating positivist precepts: a Comtean look into The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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1 The list of books in Robert Louis Stevenson’s personal library is available at https://robert-louis-stevenson.org/

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Saeedeh Esmailzadeh

Saeedeh Esmailzadeh serves as a Lecturer specializing in English Literature at the University of Tehran. Her primary area of interest is Gothic literature, although her scholarly pursuits extend beyond this domain. Noteworthy contributions include publications such as “The Interplay of Dominant Empiricism and Residual Cartesianism in Ann Radcliffe's A Sicilian Romance,” featured in English Studies, and “From Wedlock to Deadlock: Madame Bovary's Path Toward Self-Destruction,” published in Folia Linguistica et Litteraria. Additionally, her work entitled “Noncommunicable Melancholia in Peter Handke's A Sorrow Beyond Dreams” is accessible through a/b: Auto/Biography Studies.

Maryam Soltan Beyad

Maryam Soltan Beyad is an Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Tehran. She conducts research in the fields of literary criticism, cultural theory, and Shakespearean studies. Her articles have been published in several esteemed academic journals.

Ali Salami

Ali Salami PhD is an Iranian literary scholar, certified translator, and Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Tehran. He has conducted extensive research on Shakespeare, postcolonial literature, gender, and discourse.