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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... original plan , to include occasional volumes on such general themes as literary ' schools ' and genres . Each volume in the central category deals either with one well- known and influential work by an individual author , or with ...
... original plan , to include occasional volumes on such general themes as literary ' schools ' and genres . Each volume in the central category deals either with one well- known and influential work by an individual author , or with ...
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... original minds , so far from being swept away by the errors of his age , he rose up in direct opposition to them . Singly he set himself to breast the flood which was overflowing the world . Thence the reaction in favour of the ...
... original minds , so far from being swept away by the errors of his age , he rose up in direct opposition to them . Singly he set himself to breast the flood which was overflowing the world . Thence the reaction in favour of the ...
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... original domestic harmony , with the absent mother being replaced by the closest female equivalent ; ideally , Elizabeth would link Fran- kenstein's maturity to his youth , just as Mrs Saville would anchor the mariner Walton . Ideally ...
... original domestic harmony , with the absent mother being replaced by the closest female equivalent ; ideally , Elizabeth would link Fran- kenstein's maturity to his youth , just as Mrs Saville would anchor the mariner Walton . Ideally ...
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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