The MonkThe Monk is the most sensational of Gothic novels. The main plot concerns Ambrosio, an abbot of irreproachable holiness, who is seduced by a woman (or perhaps a demon) disguised as a novice, and who goes on to sell his soul to the Devil. An extravagant blend of sex, death, politics, Satanism, and poetry, the work greatly appealed to the Marquis de Sade. The Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and appendices of historical materials that address the novel’s literary sources (in English, German, and Greek literature), historical contexts (the French Revolution, slavery and abolition debates, sexuality), critical reception, and influence. |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Introduction | 9 |
A Brief Chronology | 27 |
A Note on the Text | 30 |
The Monk | 33 |
Vol 2 | 133 |
Vol 3 | 247 |
Literary Sources | 365 |
Georgian Homophobia | 392 |
Critical Recerption | 394 |
2 European Magazine February 1797 | 395 |
3 Samuel Taylor Coleridge Critical Review February 1797 | 398 |
4 An Apology for the Monk Monthly Mirror April 1797 | 402 |
5 Matthew Gregory Lewis letter to his father 23 February | 408 |
6 Matthew Gregory Lewis Preface to Adelmorn the Outlaw 1801 | 410 |
7 Le Décade philosophique 9 May 1797 | 411 |
2 Samuel Richardson Clarissa 174748 | 367 |
b Clarissas Dream | 369 |
4 Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart The Eternal Jew | 379 |
5 Matthew Gregory Lewis Imitation of Anacreon | 382 |
Historical Contexts | 384 |
b Matthew Gregory Lewis France and England in 1793 | 385 |
c Thomas Paine The Age of Reason 179495 | 387 |
2 Colonialism and Slavery | 388 |
b Matthew Gregory Lewis Journal of a West India Proprietor 181518 | 389 |
8 Spectateur du nord AprilJune 1798 | 412 |
9 Marquis de Sade Reflections on the Novel 1800 | 415 |
Cultural Responses | 418 |
2 The Bleeding Nun 1801 | 422 |
3 Almagro Claude or Monastic Murder 1810 | 425 |
Variants | 457 |
Works Cited and Recommended Reading | 475 |
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References to this book
The Gothic Visions of Ann Radcliffe and Matthew G. Lewis Robert Princeton Reno No preview available - 1980 |