01774nam a22003257a 45000010005000000030006000050050017000110080041000280200018000690350022000870400029001090430012001380500022001500820015001721000049001872450049002362600035002853000023003204900018003435200729003615210018010906500020011086500021011286500019011496510029011686550027011976550027012248560091012518560106013421552FISKH20230906144032.0230906b        cb ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781847498168  a(DLC)  2002025111  aFISKHcFISKHdFISKHbeng  ae-sp---00aPR4887b.M7 2002b00a823/.72211 aLewis, M. G.q(Matthew Gregory),d1775-1818.14aThe monk /cMathew Gregory Lewis bA romance  aLondon :bAlma Classics,c2019  a436 pages :c20 cm1 aAlma Classics  aA masterpiece of the Gothic genre, The Monk tells the story of the Capuchin friar Ambrosio and his fall from grace through desire, greed and lust. Favourably reviewed at first, the novel was later so widely and raucously denounced for its perceived licentiousness, blasphemy and corrupting influence that Lewis had to remove controversial passages from future editions. Unsurprisingly, amidst this furore, the book was immensely popular with the reading public.

Suffused with eroticism, and focusing on the corrupting influence of power, The Monk pioneered a shocking new form of Gothic novel, where elements such as mob violence, incest and brutal murder replaced the gentler horrors of earlier practitioners of the genre.8 a990 
bLexile 0aMonksvFiction. 0aIncestvFiction. 0aRapevFiction. 0aMadrid (Spain)vFiction. 7aGothic fiction.2gsafd 7aHorror fiction.2gsafd423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0613/2002025111-d.html423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2002025111-b.html