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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 [...] 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 [...] 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.
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 1994 |
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Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780192823311 |
ISBN-10: | 0192823310 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Walpole, Horace
Beckford, William Lewis, Matthew Shelley, Mary |
Hersteller: | Hurst & Co. |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
Maße: | 195 x 129 x 43 mm |
Von/Mit: | Horace Walpole (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.08.1994 |
Gewicht: | 0,446 kg |
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 1994 |
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Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780192823311 |
ISBN-10: | 0192823310 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Walpole, Horace
Beckford, William Lewis, Matthew Shelley, Mary |
Hersteller: | Hurst & Co. |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
Maße: | 195 x 129 x 43 mm |
Von/Mit: | Horace Walpole (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.08.1994 |
Gewicht: | 0,446 kg |
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