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The monk : a romance / Matthew Gregory Lewis ; edited by D.L. Macdonald and Kathleen Scherf.

Title: The monk : a romance / Matthew Gregory Lewis ; edited by D.L. Macdonald and Kathleen Scherf.
Author: Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818.
Publication: Peterborough, Ont. ; Orchard Park, NY : Broadview Press, c2004.

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Description

479 p. : port.; 22 cm.

Summary

"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."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Broadview literary texts

Uniform Title

Broadview literary texts.
Romantic era redefined.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Gothic fiction
Horror fiction
Fiction

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 475-479).

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

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, Clarrisa, 1747-48 -- a. Lovelace's dream -- b. Clarissa's dream -- 3. Johann Karl August Musäus, "The elopement" -- 4. Christian Friedrich Danie Schubart, "The eternal Jew" -- 5. Matthew Gregory Lewis, "Imitation of anacreon" -- Appendix B. Historical contexts -- 1. The French Revolution -- a. Edmund Burke, Reflections on the revolution in France, 1790 -- b. Matthew Gregory Lewis, "France and England in 1793" -- c. Thomas Paine, The age of reason, 1794-95 -- 2. Colonialism and slavery -- a. Matthew Gregory Lewis, The castle spectre, 1797 -- b. Matthew Gregory Lewis, Journal of a West India proprietor, 1815-18 -- 3. Georgian homophobia -- a. The trying and pilloring of the Vere Street Club, 1810 -- Appendix C. Critical reception -- 1. [Mary Wollstonecraft?], Analytical review, October 1976 -- 2. European magazine, February 1797 -- 3. [Samuel Taylor Coleridge], Critical review, February 1797 -- 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.

ISBN

1551112272 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2004541148

OCLC

54069106
SCSB-11407796

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library