The Italian Or The Confessional of the Black Penitents

The Italian  Or  The Confessional of the Black Penitents

This is the first collection of all her novels, travel writing, journalism and prefaces. The edition makes a major contribution to the study of nineteenth-century English literature.

Author: Ann Radcliffe

Publisher:

ISBN: 0977784142

Category: Fiction

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is the single most widely read work of the English Romantic period, yet the author's other works remain relatively unknown. This is the first collection of all her novels, travel writing, journalism and prefaces. The edition makes a major contribution to the study of nineteenth-century English literature.
Categories: Fiction

The Italian Or The Confessional of the Black Penitents

The Italian  Or  The Confessional of the Black Penitents

thE ItalIan 3 BLACK PENITENTS: penitential orders were roman Catholic monastic orders in which the members undertook severe penance or mortifications of the flesh. the chief Confraternity of the Black penitents is the Misericordia (also ...

Author: Ann Radcliffe

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780198704430

Category: Abduction

Page: 489

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The Italian (1797) is a gripping tale of love and betrayal, abduction and assassination, and incarceration by the Inquisition. Radcliffe's last and most unnerving novel exemplifies her definition of 'terror' writing, combining Romantic and Gothic elements and influencing countless later writers.
Categories: Abduction

The Gothic Child

The Gothic Child

The Mystery of the Black Tower, ed. James D. Jenkins. Chicago: Valancourt ... Kansas City: Valancourt Books, 2007. Parsons, Eliza. The Girl of the Mountains. ... Radcliffe, Ann. The Italian, or the Confessional of the black penitents ...

Author: Margarita Georgieva

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9781137306074

Category: Social Science

Page: 220

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Fascination with the dark and death threats are now accepted features of contemporary fantasy and fantastic fictions for young readers. These go back to the early gothic genre in which child characters were extensively used by authors. The aim of this book is to rediscover the children in their work.
Categories: Social Science

Spectres of Antiquity

Spectres of Antiquity

Classical Literature and the Gothic, 1740-1830 James Uden. — — Gaston de Blondeville ... to Which is Prefaced a ... The Italian; or, the Confessional of the Black Penitents, ed. ... Natalie Schroeder (Chicago: Valancourt Books, 2006).

Author: James Uden

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 9780190910273

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 285

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Spectres of Antiquity is the first full-length study of the relationship between Greco-Roman culture and the eighteenth-century Gothic. In fascinating and compelling detail, James Uden's book rewrites the history of the Gothic genre, demonstrating that the genre was haunted by a deeper sense of history than has previously been assumed.
Categories: Literary Criticism

Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe Illustrated

Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe  Illustrated

O! how joyful it is to tell of happiness, such as that of Valancourt and Emily; to relate, that, after suffering under the ... nor is the writer unrewarded. affliction upon THE END The Italian OR THE CONFESSIONAL OF THE BLACK PENITENTS.

Author: Ann Radcliffe

Publisher: Delphi Classics

ISBN: 9781909496590

Category: Fiction

Page: 3491

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A pioneer of the Gothic novel, Ann Radcliffe's atmospheric tales of forlorn landscapes, haunted ruins and spine-tingling adventures helped the Gothic genre to achieve respectability in the late eighteenth century. This comprehensive eBook presents Radcliffe's complete works, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Radcliffe's life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * ALL 6 novels, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Radcliffe's masterpiece THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO is fully illustrated with the original serialisation artwork * Includes Radcliffe's rare poetry, including the epic ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY, appearing here for the first time in digital print * Explore the author's non fiction travel works and her intriguing pre-feminist text THE FEMALE ADVOCATE * Includes the 1826 biography, with extracts from Radcliffe's journal - discover the author's adventurous life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels THE CASTLES OF ATHLIN AND DUNBAYNE: A HIGHLAND STORY A SICILIAN ROMANCE THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST: INTERSPERSED WITH SOME PIECES OF POETRY THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO THE ITALIAN GASTON DE BLONDEVILLE The Poetry ST. ALBAN'S ABBEY: WITH SOME POETICAL PIECES MISCELLANEOUS POEMS The Non-Fiction JOURNEY MADE IN THE SUMMER OF 1794 THE FEMALE ADVOCATE The Biography LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MRS. RADCLIFFE Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
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The Orders of Gothic

The Orders of Gothic

Radcliffe , Ann . The Italian : Or , The Confessional of the Black Penitents , A Romance . 1797. Ed . and Intro . Frederick Garber . The World's Classics . Oxford : Oxford UP , 1968 . ... Chicago : Valancourt Books , 2006 .

Author: Dale Townshend

Publisher:

ISBN: UOM:39015074267074

Category: English fiction

Page: 384

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Discusses a selection of Gothic romances, dramas, and chapbooks written and published in Britain between Walpole's 1764 "The Castle of Otranto" and Maturin's Melmoth the "Wanderer of 1820". This work employs theories from Foucault's "The Order of Things" and "History of Sexuality: as a primary and typical conceptual framework.
Categories: English fiction