02010nam a22003737a 4500 1552 FISKH 20230906144032.0 230906b cb ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781847498168 (DLC) 2002025111 FISKH FISKH FISKH eng e-sp--- PR4887 .M7 2002b 823/.7 21 Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818. The monk / Mathew Gregory Lewis A romance London : Alma Classics, 2019 436 pages : 20 cm Alma Classics A 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. 990 Lexile Monks Fiction. Incest Fiction. Rape Fiction. Madrid (Spain) Fiction. Gothic fiction. gsafd Horror fiction. gsafd Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0613/2002025111-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2002025111-b.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 1552 1552 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC 001 001 TKSF 2023-09-06 0 LEW 823.7 PR4887 2023-0505 2023-10-18 08:29:21 2023-09-06 BK