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 35
... dark.2 Even in the barbarous temples of the Americans at this day , they keep their idol in a dark part of the hut , which is consecrated to his worship . For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of ...
... dark.2 Even in the barbarous temples of the Americans at this day , they keep their idol in a dark part of the hut , which is consecrated to his worship . For this purpose too the druids performed all their ceremonies in the bosom of ...
Page 148
... dark , the play of sunlight and shadow , follows Burke's strict caution ' against anything light and riant ' . The sun is setting and as the valley is plunged in shadow , the last rays of sunshine stream through an opening in the cliffs ...
... dark , the play of sunlight and shadow , follows Burke's strict caution ' against anything light and riant ' . The sun is setting and as the valley is plunged in shadow , the last rays of sunshine stream through an opening in the cliffs ...
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... dark and wild . . . / Thither by harpy- footed Furies hal'd , / At certain revolutions all the damn'd / Are brought ... From Beds of raging Fire to starve in Ice ' [ PL 11 587– 600 ] . Finally , another of Walton's revelations ...
... dark and wild . . . / Thither by harpy- footed Furies hal'd , / At certain revolutions all the damn'd / Are brought ... From Beds of raging Fire to starve in Ice ' [ PL 11 587– 600 ] . Finally , another of Walton's revelations ...
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 |
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