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Manfroné, Or, The One-handed Monk

Author : Mary Anne Radcliffe

Publisher : Gothic Classics

Page : 296 pages

File Size : 19,97 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781934555156

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"Manfrone; or, The One-Handed Monk" (1809) opens with one of the most unforgettable scenes in all of Gothic literature when a lascivious monk enters the lovely Rosalina's room in an attempt to rape her, but suffers the gruesome severing of his hand when he is caught in the act. Yet other dangers await Rosalina: her father, the haughty Duca di Rodolpho is determined to marry her to the cruel Prince di Manfrone and imprisons her true love, Montalto, in the dungeons of his castle. And then there is the mysterious monk Grimaldi, who seems to be an ally of the Duca. What are his inscrutable plans, and is he trying to aid Rosalina or destroy her? One of the most popular of Gothic novels, "Manfrone" went through numerous editions during the 19th century and was often erroneously attributed to Ann Radcliffe. This edition includes an essay by Dale Townshend exploring the authorship of the novel as well as explanatory notes.



Unnatural Affections

Author : George E. Haggerty

Publisher : Indiana University Press

Page : 228 pages

File Size : 17,29 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780253211835

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Author George Haggerty examines the ""unnatural"" affections that flout cultural taboos and challenge what are seen as natural boundaries to desire. Such affections abound in 18th-century novels, offering a complex understanding of the role of gender and the articulation of female desire during the age in which women novel writers came into their own.







Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country

Author : James Anthony Froude

Publisher :

Page : 790 pages

File Size : 34,20 MB

Release : 1840

Category : Authors

ISBN :

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Contains the first printing of Sartor resartus, as well as other works by Thomas Carlyle.



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Author : American Art Association, Anderson Galleries (Firm)

Publisher :

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 14,61 MB

Release : 1916

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Mistress of Udolpho

Author : Rictor Norton

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 329 pages

File Size : 21,45 MB

Release : 1999-05-01

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 1847142699

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This is the biography of the Gothic novelist, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), author of "The Mysteries of Udolpho", the world's first "best seller". The text clarifies Radcliffe's emergence from a Dissenting Unitarian, rather than a conventional Anglican, background. This places Radcliffe within the circle of other women writers nurtured in radical Dissenting backgrounds (such as Wollstonecraft, Hays, Inchbauld and Barbauld). Radcliffe's childhood and family background are documented and the rumours of her madness and reclusiveness investigated leading to an evaluation of the resons for her probable mental breakdown. The text constitutes a "cultural history" of a writing woman, demonstrating her place within radical culture, literary tradition and aesthetic discourse, and examining her role in the rise of the professional woman writer. Her novels are analyzed mainly in the context of her biography and sources.