Melmoth the Wanderer - Couverture souple

Maturin, Charles Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192821997 ISBN 13 : 9780192821997

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1989

Synopsis

Written in 1820 by an eccentric Anglican curate in Dublin, this work brought the terrors of the Gothic novel to a new pitch of claustrophobic intensity. Its tormented villain, a Faustian transgressor desperately seeking a victim to release him from his fatal bargain with the devil, was regarded by Balzac as one of the great outcasts of modern literature. Maturin's bizarre narrative structure of interlinked tales allows the action of the novel to range from rural Ireland to an idyllic Indian island. The text is that of the first edition of 1820, and includes a new introduction and explanatory notes.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Charles Robert Maturin was an Irish clergyman whose early novels led Sir Walter Scott to recommend them to Byron. One of his plays was denounced by Coleridge, and the Church of Ireland barred Maturin's further promotion upon learning he had written it. Forced to support his wife and four children by writing, he returned to novels. Maturin died in Dublin in 1824. There were unsubstantiated rumors of suicide.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) is a gothic novel by the Anglo-Irish Protestant clergyman and writer Charles Robert Maturin. John Melmoth, in a satanic deal, exchanges his soul for immortality and wanders through the world offering to release the sufferings and hardships of the one who will next take over his deal with the devil.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192821997
• ISBN 13: 9780192821997
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 584
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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