Tag Archives: Romantic literature

STRAWBERRY HILLS FOREVER

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Dave

The moon stood still on Strawberry Hill. Through dark and fetid dungeon passages, past amorous phantoms and shrieking monks, the Gothic novel led its trembling readers to a creaking door. What lay behind? Some would say the subconscious of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Alexander Pope, Elegy to the Memory of the Unfortunate Lady, Eloisa to Aberhard, Francisco Goya, Gothic literature, Gothic poetry, Goya, Henry Fuseli, Henry Seymour Conway, Horace Walpole, Joseph Wright, madame de Deffland, Quinta del Sordo, R.W. Ketton-Cremer, Romantic literature, Strawberry Hill, Ted Turton, The Castle of Otranto, The Gothic Novel, William Beckford, William Beckford Vathek | Leave a comment

A PIOUS SINNER AS NATIONAL INSTITUTION

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Dave

In the early 1960′s, Chateaubriand received a tribute that demonstrates in its very extravagance, his enduring power. Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Paul Sartre visited Saint-Malo on one of their many excursions. They liked the town, but Chateaubriand’s tomb, with … Continue reading →