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9 de may. de 2024 · Escrita por el poeta, escritor y arquitecto británico Horace Walpole, El castillo de Otranto es considerada la novela que dio El Castillo de Otranto por Horace Walpole | El Heraldo de Puebla La época del romanticismo y la literatura de la sensibilidad dio camino a disrupciones de la literatura popular por medio de invocaciones a la superstición, el catolicismo, y el horror como medios de ...
15 de may. de 2024 · Horace Walpole (1717–97) was the supreme dilettante and witty social commentator of the century. An ‘arbiter of taste’ and connoisseur of the arts, he played a large part in changing fashion and taste, and was proud of influencing others to follow his lead.
Hace 2 días · The first work to call itself "Gothic" was Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764). The first edition presented the story as a translation of a sixteenth- century manuscript and was widely popular. Walpole, in the second edition, revealed himself as the author which adding the subtitle "A Gothic Story."
Hace 2 días · In 1747, Horace Walpole discovered and purchased ‘Chopp’d Straw Hall’, one of the last remaining sites available on the banks of the Thames in fashionable Twickenham. He set about transforming what was then a couple of cottages into his vision of a ‘little Gothic castle’ with pinnacles, battlements and a round tower. For much more information about Strawberry Hill House and Horace ...
25 de abr. de 2024 · Focus on Sir Horace Walpole. Walpole remains an intriguing figure in literary history. The youngest son of the prime minister, he enjoyed the privileges of an affluent life: preparation at Eton (1727–34), education at King’s College, Cambridge (1735–38), the Grand Tour (1739) with poet Thomas GRAY, member of Parliament (1741–68).
1 de may. de 2024 · Memoirs of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford ... Creator Kirgate, Thomas, 1734?-1810, printer White, Cochrane & Co. Published / Created 1814 March Abstract With portrait of Thomas Gray. Description C. Heath & J. Holl sculp. Eckhardt pinx. Extra-illustrated copy. Extent
14 de may. de 2024 · Strawberry Hill House is internationally famous as Britain’s finest example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture. Strawberry Hill House’s story begins in 1747, when Horace Walpole discovered and purchased ‘Chopp’d Straw Hall’, one of the last remaining sites available on the banks of the Thames in fashionable Twickenham.
