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 145
... seems to put the order of Genesis itself into reverse . Having been seized by the devil and thrown from a ' dreadful height ' , he ' rolled from precipice to precipice , till , bruised and mangled , he rested on the river's banks ...
... seems to put the order of Genesis itself into reverse . Having been seized by the devil and thrown from a ' dreadful height ' , he ' rolled from precipice to precipice , till , bruised and mangled , he rested on the river's banks ...
Page 155
... seems at least in part to be exploring the frozen frontiers of hell in order to attempt a return to heaven , for the ' country of eternal light ' he envisions at the Pole [ letter 1 , 1 ] has much in common with Milton's celestial ...
... seems at least in part to be exploring the frozen frontiers of hell in order to attempt a return to heaven , for the ' country of eternal light ' he envisions at the Pole [ letter 1 , 1 ] has much in common with Milton's celestial ...
Page 159
... seems at first , the part of Eve . Not just the striking omission of any obvious Eve - figure from this ' woman's book ' about Milton , but also the barely concealed sexual components of the story as well as our earlier analysis of ...
... seems at first , the part of Eve . Not just the striking omission of any obvious Eve - figure from this ' woman's book ' about Milton , but also the barely concealed sexual components of the story as well as our earlier analysis 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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