Delightful Horrors: Early Gothic Novels 1764-1809 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798456567857)

In a period when the light of reason shone brightly, works emerged showing gloomy atmospheres of darkness. Throughout the eighteenth century, nocturnal visions of fear could be found in poems and paintings exalting the beauty and the sublime of mystery. The Castle of Otranto marked the beginning of the Gothic genre and was followed by innumerable works imitating its style. Delightful Horrors explores cultural, literary and iconographic influences that brought about the Gothic with a fresh and original perspective. A compelling investigation of tropes and themes of the early Gothic, this book analyses the works of Walpole, William Beckford, Matthew G. Lewis, Ann Radcliffe and their contemporaries. It is dedicated to experts and non-experts of one of the most appealing phenomena in literature.

Author: Maria Teresa Marnieri
ISBN-13: 9798456567857
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2021
Pages: 364
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d