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Four Gothic Novels

By Horace Walpole

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Four Gothic Novels

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
624
Release Date:
1994-08-01
Publication Date:
1994-08-18
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0192823310
ISBN13:
9780192823311
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
446 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
43 cm
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