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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... explained by deception and confederacy . Such have been the impostures of superstition in all ages ; and such delusions were also practised by the members of the Secret Tribunal , in the middle . ages , and in more modern times by the ...
... explained by deception and confederacy . Such have been the impostures of superstition in all ages ; and such delusions were also practised by the members of the Secret Tribunal , in the middle . ages , and in more modern times by the ...
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... explained supernatural ' . Both these methods of applying the supernatural element were revived in the sensational novels of the third quarter of the nineteenth century and sporadically since . The first is not justly chargeable with ...
... explained supernatural ' . Both these methods of applying the supernatural element were revived in the sensational novels of the third quarter of the nineteenth century and sporadically since . The first is not justly chargeable with ...
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... explained supernatural ' 28n . Legouis , E , A History of English literature ( London , 1947 ) Le Sage 58 Lévy , Maurice 26n . 26n . Lewis , Mathew Gregory 13 , 16 , 73 , 101 , 107 ; his youth 115 ; The Monk 14 , 15 , 71 , 93 , 132ff ...
... explained supernatural ' 28n . Legouis , E , A History of English literature ( London , 1947 ) Le Sage 58 Lévy , Maurice 26n . 26n . Lewis , Mathew Gregory 13 , 16 , 73 , 101 , 107 ; his youth 115 ; The Monk 14 , 15 , 71 , 93 , 132ff ...
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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