Three Gothic novels / with an introductory essay by Mario Praz

Fairclough, Peter [Editor]. Praz, Mario [Introduction].

ISBN 10: 0140430369 / ISBN 13: 9780140430363

Verlag: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1979

Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; 505 pages; 3 facsimiles; 18 cm. Includes bibliographical references (page 35). Contents; The castle of Otranto, by H. Walpole. --Vathek, by W. Beckford. --Frankenstein, by M.W. Shelley. Subjects; Horror tales, English. Gothic revival (Literature) Great Britain. Anthologies (multiple authors). Romanticism In English fiction. 1 Kg. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 330724

Inhaltsangabe:

The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings.

This volume, with its erudite introduction by Mario Praz, presents three of the most celebrated Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto, published pseudonymously in 1765, is one of the first of the genre and the most truly Gothic of the three. Vathek (1786), an oriental tale by an eccentric millionaire, exotically combines Gothic romanticism with the vivacity of The Arabian Nights and is a narrative tour de force. The story of Frankenstein (1818) and the monster he created is as spine-chilling today as it ever was; as in all Gothic novels, horror is the keynote.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Horace Walpole; William Beckford; Mary Shelley;


Ed. Peter Fairclough, Intro. Mario Praz

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Titel: Three Gothic novels / with an introductory ...
Verlag: Harmondsworth: Penguin
Erscheinungsdatum: 1979
Einband: Softcover
Auflage: Reprint.