The Monk: Annotated Edition - Softcover

Lewis, Matthew Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847498167 ISBN 13: 9781847498168

Verlag: Alma Books, 2019

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The Monk was so highly popular that it seemed to create an epoch in our literature. -- Sir Walter Scott

Reseña del editor:

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 Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1847498167
• ISBN 13: 9781847498168
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 448