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 93
... monk at fourteen , is detected in lewd offences , subjected to inhuman discipline and finally immured for life in a secret and devilishly ingenious dungeon ( the monastery possessed at least four of these ) . The walls are undermined by ...
... monk at fourteen , is detected in lewd offences , subjected to inhuman discipline and finally immured for life in a secret and devilishly ingenious dungeon ( the monastery possessed at least four of these ) . The walls are undermined by ...
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... Monk , by Matthew Gregory Lewis , published the year before , in 1796 , had also contributed towards the formation of the character of Schedoni . . . . of this immensely successful novel . . . let me point out that it has been noticed ...
... Monk , by Matthew Gregory Lewis , published the year before , in 1796 , had also contributed towards the formation of the character of Schedoni . . . . of this immensely successful novel . . . let me point out that it has been noticed ...
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... monk ? Perhaps , in some measure , but , more fundamentally , he seems to be taking over the work of his own ... Monk . The artist , like the monk who seeks liberation from lifeless conventions , is apt to find himself unexpectedly on ...
... monk ? Perhaps , in some measure , but , more fundamentally , he seems to be taking over the work of his own ... Monk . The artist , like the monk who seeks liberation from lifeless conventions , is apt to find himself unexpectedly on ...
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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