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Tag Archives: The Gothic Novel
ABODES OF DESPAIR
Physically, perhaps emotionally, Matthew Lewis somehow never quite grew up. Small and neat, with pallid, projecting eyes that reminded Sir Walter Scott of those of an insect, he always retained his fragile, boyish air. He was, moreover, so affectionate and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Radcliffe, Anne Radcliffe, Antonin Artaud, Byron, Fuseli, George Stubbs, Gothic literature, Henry Fuseli, Horace Walpole, Hugh Douglas Hamilton, John Raphael Smith, Lord Byron, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Matthew gregory Lewis The Monk, Matthew Lewis, Tate Museum, The Gothic Novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, Thomas Gainsborough, William Beckford, William Beckford Vathek
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STRAWBERRY HILLS FOREVER
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
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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
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