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 102
... figure whose half- hid breast is gnawn by serpents ( like that of the allegorical figure of Despair in James Scott's ode ) . There are bats 102 ( 1932 ) E. M. SICKELS ON KING DEATH.
... figure whose half- hid breast is gnawn by serpents ( like that of the allegorical figure of Despair in James Scott's ode ) . There are bats 102 ( 1932 ) E. M. SICKELS ON KING DEATH.
Page 109
... figures of banditti , which formed pleasing decorative details in the landscapes of the Salvator Rosa school then in ... figure was striking . . . it was tall , and , though extremely thin , his limbs were large and uncouth , and as he ...
... figures of banditti , which formed pleasing decorative details in the landscapes of the Salvator Rosa school then in ... figure was striking . . . it was tall , and , though extremely thin , his limbs were large and uncouth , and as he ...
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... figure which already existed – existed , indeed , actually in Mrs Radcliffe's own repertory , for Lewis asserts that he had read with enthusiasm The Mysteries of Udolpho on their first appearing : now the character of Montoni in The ...
... figure which already existed – existed , indeed , actually in Mrs Radcliffe's own repertory , for Lewis asserts that he had read with enthusiasm The Mysteries of Udolpho on their first appearing : now the character of Montoni in The ...
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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