{"product_id":"washington-allston-kerry-dean-carso-9781837723690","title":"Washington Allston: Monaldi: A Tale (1841)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new edition of an overlooked nineteenth-century Gothic novel set in Italy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The nineteenth-century American artist Washington Allston bridges the worlds of art and literature in his novel\u003ci\u003e Monaldi\u003c\/i\u003e (1841). Full of Gothic intrigue and suspense, Allston's novel tells the story of a renowned and idealistic Italian artist named Monaldi who descends into madness and despair after falling prey to the machinations of his evil poet-friend Maldura and a bandit named Fialto. An introduction to this new edition of \u003ci\u003eMonaldi \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses the Gothic literary qualities of the novel: the frame narrative, the Italian setting (which features a cavern, a monastery, and banditti), sexual transgression, attempted murder, and the Romantic landscape. In his time, Allston achieved fame as a Grand Manner history painter in both Great Britain and the United States, but his novel has received less attention from scholars than his paintings. This new edition draws attention to this semi-forgotten work in the transatlantic Gothic canon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kerry Dean Carso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837723699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837723690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wales Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Kerry Dean Carso","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49083670429951,"sku":"9781837723690","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/washington-allston-kerry-dean-carso-9781837723690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}