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Four Gothic Novels

- The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein
Af: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Matthew Lewis, William Beckford, Horace Walpole Engelsk Paperback

Four Gothic Novels

- The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein
Af: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Matthew Lewis, William Beckford, Horace Walpole Engelsk Paperback
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Macabre and melodramtic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole''s The Castle of Otranto (1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly interventions, the novel was an immediate success, and influenced numerous followers. These include William Beckford''s Vathek (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exotic magnificence in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek''s journey to damation. The Monk (1796), by Matthew Lewis, is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest, set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid. Frankenstein (1818, 1831) is Mary Shelley''s disturbing and perennially popular tale of young student who learns the secret of giving life to a creature made from human relics, with horrific consequences.This collection illustrates the range and the attraction of the Gothic novel. Extreme and sensational, each of the four printed here is also a powerful psychological story of isolation and monomania.
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Macabre and melodramtic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole''s The Castle of Otranto (1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly interventions, the novel was an immediate success, and influenced numerous followers. These include William Beckford''s Vathek (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exotic magnificence in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek''s journey to damation. The Monk (1796), by Matthew Lewis, is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest, set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid. Frankenstein (1818, 1831) is Mary Shelley''s disturbing and perennially popular tale of young student who learns the secret of giving life to a creature made from human relics, with horrific consequences.This collection illustrates the range and the attraction of the Gothic novel. Extreme and sensational, each of the four printed here is also a powerful psychological story of isolation and monomania.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 624
ISBN-13: 9780192823311
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0192823310
Kategori: Antologier: generelt
Udg. Dato: 7 jul 1994
Længde: 37mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 196mm
Forlag: Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato: 7 jul 1994
Forfatter(e): Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Matthew Lewis, William Beckford, Horace Walpole
Forfatter(e) Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Matthew Lewis, William Beckford, Horace Walpole

Kategori Antologier: generelt

ISBN-13 9780192823311

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 624

Udgave

Længde 37mm

Bredde 130mm

Højde 196mm

Udg. Dato 7 jul 1994

Oplagsdato 7 jul 1994

Forlag Oxford University Press