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Four Gothic Novels
The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Monk; Frankenstein
Taschenbuch von Horace Walpole (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Macabre and melodramatic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly interventions, the novel was an immediate success, and influenced numerous followers. These include William Beckford's Vathek (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exoticmagnificence in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damnation. The Monk (1796), by Matthew Lewis, is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest, set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid. Frankenstein (1818, 1831) is Mary Shelley's disturbing and perennially popular tale of young studentwho learns the secret of giving life to a creature made from human relics, with horrific consequences.This collection illustrates the range and the attraction of the Gothic novel. Extreme and sensational, each of the four printed here is also a powerful psychological story of isolation and monomania.
Macabre and melodramatic, set in haunted castles or fantastic landscapes, Gothic tales became fashionable in the late eighteenth century with the publication of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). Crammed with catastrophe, terror, and ghostly interventions, the novel was an immediate success, and influenced numerous followers. These include William Beckford's Vathek (1786), which alternates grotesque comedy with scenes of exoticmagnificence in the story of the ruthless Caliph Vathek's journey to damnation. The Monk (1796), by Matthew Lewis, is a violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest, set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid. Frankenstein (1818, 1831) is Mary Shelley's disturbing and perennially popular tale of young studentwho learns the secret of giving life to a creature made from human relics, with horrific consequences.This collection illustrates the range and the attraction of the Gothic novel. Extreme and sensational, each of the four printed here is also a powerful psychological story of isolation and monomania.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 624
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780192823311
ISBN-10: 0192823310
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Walpole, Horace
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Lewis, Matthew
Beckford, William
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 195 x 129 x 43 mm
Von/Mit: Horace Walpole (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.07.1994
Gewicht: 0,446 kg
preigu-id: 101401425
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 624
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780192823311
ISBN-10: 0192823310
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Walpole, Horace
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Lewis, Matthew
Beckford, William
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 195 x 129 x 43 mm
Von/Mit: Horace Walpole (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.07.1994
Gewicht: 0,446 kg
preigu-id: 101401425
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