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Radcliffe, Ann

 
9780977784141: The Italian: Or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0977784142 ISBN 13 : 9780977784141
Editeur : Valancourt Books, 2006

Synopsis

In The Italian (1797), Ann Radcliffe pits a scheming noblewoman and a ruthless monk against young lovers trying to bridge seemingly insurmountable class differences. The scenes of sublime nature, mysterious groans, corrupt ecclesiastics, isolated fortifications, and Inquisitorial torture reveal eighteenth-century Gothic fiction at its finest. The Italian stands as the final and darkest work of England's most successful Gothic novelist, and it presents Radcliffe at the peak of her literary skills.

The Valancourt Books edition includes a carefully annotated and edited first edition text with a substantial introductory essay on the literary, historical, and biographical contexts of the novel. The appendix features a map of locations in The Italian, three complete Gothic stories by Radcliffe's contemporaries, and essays on terror fiction by Nathan Drake and John and Anna Aikin.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Vincentio di Vivaldi was the only son of the Marchese di Vivaldi, a nobleman of one of the most ancient families of the kingdom of Naples, a favourite possessing an uncommon share of influence at Court, and a man still higher in power than in rank. His pride of birth was equal to either, but it was mingled with the justifiable pride of a principled mind; it governed his conduct in morals as well as in the jealousy of ceremonial distinctions, and elevated his practice as well as his claims. His pride was at once his vice and his virtue, his safeguard and his weakness.

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Éditeur
Valancourt Books
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0977784142
ISBN 13 
9780977784141
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
448
Éditeur
Grove Allen W
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
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