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7 de jul. de 1994 · A brilliant, brilliant quartet of early Gothic novels. The Castle of Otranto: 4 stars. I found it comic in places, and rather abundant in euphemisms. Great story though, and the foundation of many subsequent Gothic novels. Vathek: 4 stars. Seemed to be more fantasy-gothic, but very haunting, especially at the end. The Monk: 5 stars.
The Castle of Otranto, Vathek, the Vampyre, and a Fragment of a Novel: Three Gothic Novels : Walpole, Horace, Beckford, William, Polidori, John, Byron, George Gordon ...
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The list of Gothic NOVELS (rather than stories)in chronological order which make the grade are:Horace Walpole's CASTLE OF OTRANTO (1764), ClaraReeve's THE CHAMPION OF VIRTUE (1777), WilliamBeckford's VATHEK (1786), Ann Radcliffe's THEMYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO (1794), Matthew Gregory Lewis'sTHE MONK (1795), Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN (1818),John Polidori's VAMPYRE (1819), Charles R. Maturin ...
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 ...
THREE GOTHIC NOVELS:THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO,by Horace Walpole; VATHEK,by William Beckford;THE VAMPYRE,by John Polidori [Bleiler, E.F. Ed.] on Amazon.com. *FREE ...
19 de may. de 2020 · Four Early Gothic Novels: Frankenstein, The Castle of Otranto, The Vampyre, Vathek is a compilation of seminal works that have laid the groundwork for the gothic literature genre. This collection introduces readers to four captivating stories, each of which has made a significant contribution to the evolution of supernatural and romantic fiction.
- Mary Shelley, Horace Walpole, John William Polidori
7 de jul. de 1994 · Macabre and melodramtic, 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.
