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The Monk de Matthew Gregory Lewis

The Monk

Autor Matthew Gregory Lewis
en Limba Engleză Paperback
Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. The first idea of this Romance was suggested by the story of the Santon Barsisa, related in The Guardian.--The Bleeding Nun is a tradition still credited in many parts of Germany; and I have been told that the ruins of the Castle of Lauenstein, which She is supposed to haunt, may yet be seen upon the borders of Thuringia.--The Water-King, from the third to the twelfth stanza, is the fragment of an original Danish Ballad--And Belerma and Durandarte is translated from some stanzas to be found in a collection of old Spanish poetry, which contains also the popular song of Gayferos and Melesindra, mentioned in Don Quixote. I have now made a full avowal of all the plagiarisms of which I am aware myself; but I doubt not, many more may be found, of which I am at present totally unconscious.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781478230465
ISBN-10: 1478230460
Pagini: 330
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Descriere

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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."

Recenzii

The Monk is the most sensational of Gothic novels. The main plot concerns Ambrosio, an abbot of irreproachable holiness, who is seduced by a woman (or perhaps a demon) disguised as a novice, and who goes on to sell his soul to the Devil. An extravagant blend of sex, death, politics, Satanism, and poetry, the work greatly appealed to the Marquis de Sade.
The Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and appendices of historical materials that address the novel’s literary sources (in English, German, and Greek literature), historical contexts (the French Revolution, slavery and abolition debates, sexuality), critical reception, and influence.

“This is an essential edition. Its ample coverage of critical reception, cultural responses and historical context does full justice to the profound intertextuality of The Monk.” — Angela Wright, University of Sheffield
“This is a superb edition of a still stunning novel. It’s hard to imagine how the informative, witty introduction could be bettered, and the very helpful appendices will send readers in all the right directions.” — Ian Balfour, York University, Toronto

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Matthew Gregory Lewis: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
The Monk
  • Vol.1
    Vol.2
    Vol.3
Appendix A: Literary Sources
  1. Richard Steele, The Guardian, 31 August 1713
  2. Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, 1747-48
    1. Lovelace’s Dream
    2. Clarissa’s Dream
  3. Johann Karl August Musäus, “The Elopement”
  4. Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, “The Eternal Tew”
  5. Matthew Gregory Lewis, “Imitation of Anacreon”
Appendix B: Historical Contexts
  1. The French Revolution
    1. Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790
    2. Matthew Gregory Lewis, “France and England in 1793”
    3. Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, 1794-95
  2. Colonialism and Slavery
    1. Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Castle Spectre, 1797
    2. Matthew Gregory Lewis, Journal of a West India Proprietor,1815-18
  3. Georgian Homophobia
    1. The Trying and Pilloring of the Vere Street Club, 1810
Appendix C: Critical Reception
  1. [Mary Wollstonecraft?], Analytical Review, October 1796
  2. European Magazine, February 1797
  3. [Samuel Taylor Coleridge], Critical Review, February1797
  4. “An Apology for the Monk,” Monthly Mirror, April 1797
  5. Matthew Gregory Lewis, letter to his father, 23 February 1798
  6. Matthew Gregory Lewis, Preface to Adelmorn, the Outlaw,1801
  7. Le Décade philosophique, 9 May 1797
  8. Spectateur du nord, April-June 1798
  9. Marquis de Sade, “Reflections on the Novel,” 1800
  10. Ann Radcliffe, “On the Supernatural in Poetry,” 1826
Appendix D: Cultural Responses
  1. Charles Farley, Raymond and Agnes, 1797
  2. “The Bleeding Nun,” 1801
  3. Almagro & Claude; or Monastic Murder, 1810
Appendix E: Variants
Works Cited and Recommended Reading