The
monk
A romance
Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)
1775-1818
creator
text
Gothic fiction.
Horror fiction.
cb
London
Alma Classics
2019
monographic
eng
436 pages : 20 cm
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
Mathew Gregory Lewis
e-sp---
Monks
Fiction
Incest
Fiction
Rape
Fiction
Madrid (Spain)
Fiction
PR4887 .M7 2002b
823/.7
9781847498168
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