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 159
... Victor's ' possession ' as Adam's rib is Adam's . Moreover , though he is evidently forbidden almost nothing ( ' My parents [ were not ] tyrants . . . but the agents and creators of many delights ' ) , Victor hints to Walton that his ...
... Victor's ' possession ' as Adam's rib is Adam's . Moreover , though he is evidently forbidden almost nothing ( ' My parents [ were not ] tyrants . . . but the agents and creators of many delights ' ) , Victor hints to Walton that his ...
Page 160
... Victor and the monster but also Elizabeth and Justine insist upon responsibility for the monster's misdeed . Feeling ' as if I had been guilty of a crime ' [ ch . 4 , 41 ] even before one had been committed , Victor responds to the news ...
... Victor and the monster but also Elizabeth and Justine insist upon responsibility for the monster's misdeed . Feeling ' as if I had been guilty of a crime ' [ ch . 4 , 41 ] even before one had been committed , Victor responds to the news ...
Page 171
... Victor's childhood home . In this edition , for example , Shelley gives more space to the protectiveness of Victor's parents [ pp . 233-4 ] and to the happiness of his childhood ( ' My mother's tender caresses , and my father's smile of ...
... Victor's childhood home . In this edition , for example , Shelley gives more space to the protectiveness of Victor's parents [ pp . 233-4 ] and to the happiness of his childhood ( ' My mother's tender caresses , and my father's smile of ...
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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