The monk : a romance
The main plot of the Gothic novel, 'The Monk', concerns Ambrosio, an abbot of irreproachable holiness, who is seduced by a woman 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.
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AcknowledgementsIntroductionMatthew Gregory Lewis: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextThe MonkVol.1Vol.2Vol.3Appendix A: Literary SourcesRichard Steele, The Guardian, 31 August 1713Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, 1747-48Lovelace’s DreamClarissa’s DreamJohann Karl August Musäus, “The Elopement”Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, “The Eternal Tew”Matthew Gregory Lewis, “Imitation of Anacreon”Appendix B: Historical ContextsThe French RevolutionEdmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1790Matthew Gregory Lewis, “France and England in 1793”Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason, 1794-95Colonialism and SlaveryMatthew Gregory Lewis, The Castle Spectre, 1797Matthew Gregory Lewis, Journal of a West India Proprietor,1815-18Georgian HomophobiaThe Trying and Pilloring of the Vere Street Club, 1810Appendix C: Critical Reception[Mary Wollstonecraft?], Analytical Review, October 1796European Magazine, February 1797[Samuel Taylor Coleridge], Critical Review, February1797“An Apology for the Monk,” Monthly Mirror, April 1797Matthew Gregory Lewis, letter to his father, 23 February 1798Matthew Gregory Lewis, Preface to Adelmorn, the Outlaw,1801Le Décade philosophique, 9 May 1797Spectateur du nord, April-June 1798Marquis de Sade, “Reflections on the Novel,” 1800Ann Radcliffe, “On the Supernatural in Poetry,” 1826Appendix D: Cultural ResponsesCharles Farley, Raymond and Agnes, 1797“The Bleeding Nun,” 1801Almagro & Claude; or Monastic Murder, 1810Appendix E: VariantsWorks Cited and Recommended Reading