The Monk: A Romance - Softcover

Lewis, M. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847498167 ISBN 13: 9781847498168

Verlag: Alma Classics, 2020

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A masterpiece of the Gothic genre, The Monk tells the story of the Capuchin friar Ambrosio and his fall from grace through desire, greed and lust. Favourably reviewed at first, the novel was later so widely and raucously denounced for its perceived licentiousness, blasphemy and corrupting influence that Lewis had to remove controversial passages from future editions. Unsurprisingly, amidst this furore, the book was immensely popular with the reading public.

Suffused with eroticism, and focusing on the corrupting influence of power, The Monk pioneered a shocking new form of Gothic novel, where elements such as mob violence, incest and brutal murder replaced the gentler horrors of earlier practitioners of the genre.

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Matthew Gregory Lewis (17751818) is best known for his Gothic novel The Monk, which caused a sensation and led to its author being known as Monk Lewis for the remainder of his life.

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A masterpiece of the Gothic genre, The Monk tells the story of the Capuchin friar Ambrosio and his fall from grace through desire, greed and lust. Published anonymously and favourably reviewed at first, the the novel was later so widely and raucously denounced for its perceived licentiousness, blasphemy and corrupting influence that Lewis had to remove controversial passages from future editions. Unsurprisingly, amidst this furore, the book was immensely popular with the reading public. Suffused with eroticism and focusing on the corrupting influence of power, The Monk pioneered a shocking new form of Gothic novel, where elements such as mob violence, incest and brutal murders replaced the gentler horrors of earlier practitioners of the genre such as Horace Walpole and Ann Radcliffe. This edition is here presented with notes and extra material.

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• Verlag: Alma Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1847498167
• ISBN 13: 9781847498168
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 436
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