The Monk: A Romance - Brossura

Lewis, M. G.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1551112272 ISBN 13: 9781551112275

Casa editrice: Broadview Pr, 2003

Riassunto

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.

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Informazioni sull?autore

The late D.L. Macdonald was a Professor of English at the University of Calgary. He was the author of Poor Polidori: A Critical Biography of the Author of “The Vampyre” (University of Toronto Press, 1991) and Monk Lewis: A Critical Biography (University of Toronto Press, 2000).

Kathleen Scherf is Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. She is the editor of Collected Poems of Malcolm Lowry (University of British Columbia Press, 1992).

Together they are the editors of the Broadview editions of Mary Wollstonecraft’s The Vindications (1997) and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1999).

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Broadview Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1551112272
• ISBN 13: 9781551112275
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 481
• Redattore: Macdonald D. L., Scherf Kathleen
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile