The Gothick Novel: A CasebookVictor Sage Macmillan, 1990 - 190 pages Surveys the rise and development of the Gothick tale of mystery and horror, from the mid-18th Century to the eve of the Victorian period. Particular attention is given to Walpole's Castle of Otranto, Beckford's Vathek, Lewis's The monk, Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. |
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Page 158
... Frankenstein can be likened to both Adam and Satan , however , who or what is he really ? Here we are obliged to confront both the moral ambiguity and the symbolic slipperiness which are at the heart of all the characterizations in ...
... Frankenstein can be likened to both Adam and Satan , however , who or what is he really ? Here we are obliged to confront both the moral ambiguity and the symbolic slipperiness which are at the heart of all the characterizations in ...
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... Frankenstein , provide a fitting home only for essential , uncivilized human nature for the monster , who can ... Frankenstein's self - assertion ; yet , by having the monster itself realistically detail the stages by which it is driven ...
... Frankenstein , provide a fitting home only for essential , uncivilized human nature for the monster , who can ... Frankenstein's self - assertion ; yet , by having the monster itself realistically detail the stages by which it is driven ...
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... Frankenstein's , he is not wholly responsible for his actions . Just as Mr Waldman is the external catalyst that precipitates Frankenstein's ' destiny ' , so Frankenstein serves as the critical agent for Walton . Frankenstein's ...
... Frankenstein's , he is not wholly responsible for his actions . Just as Mr Waldman is the external catalyst that precipitates Frankenstein's ' destiny ' , so Frankenstein serves as the critical agent for Walton . Frankenstein's ...
Contents
General Editors Preface | 7 |
SAMUEL JOHNSON 1750 p 31 EdmMUND BURKE 1757 p 33 | 33 |
RICHARD HURD 1762 p 38 s t Coleridge 1797 p 39 | 39 |
Copyright | |
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