The Mysteries of UdolphoOUP Oxford, 18/06/1998 - 736 من الصفحات `Her present life appeared like the dream of a distempered imagination, or like one of those frightful fictions, in which the wild genius of the poets sometimes delighted. Rreflections brought only regret, and anticipation terror.' Such is the state of mind in which Emily St. Aubuert - the orphaned heroine of Ann Radcliffe's 1794 gothic Classic, The Mysteries of Udolpho - finds herself after Count Montoni, her evil guardian, imprisions her in his gloomy medieval fortress in the Appenines. Terror is the order of the day inside the walls of Udolpho, as Emily struggles against Montoni's rapacious schemes and the threat of her own psychological disintegration. A best-seller in its day and a potent influence on Walpole, Poe, and other writers of eighteenth and nineteenth-century Gothic horror, The Mysteries of Udolpho remains one of the most important works in the history of European fiction. As the same time, with its dream-like plot and hallucinatory rendering of its characters' psychological states, it often seems strangely modern: `permanently avant-garde' in Terry Castle's words, and a profound and fascinating challenge to contemporary readers. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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Ann Radcliffe Bonamy Dobrée. landscape paintings, and a vivid imagination; the scene- painting sometimes heightened by verse. Walter Scott was to describe Radcliffe as 'the first poetess of romantic fiction'. In spite of her celebrity ...
Ann Radcliffe Bonamy Dobrée. landscape paintings, and a vivid imagination; the scene- painting sometimes heightened by verse. Walter Scott was to describe Radcliffe as 'the first poetess of romantic fiction'. In spite of her celebrity ...
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... scene . To say what Udolpho ' is ' is inevitably to reduce it . Consider the very notion that it is a ' Gothic ' fiction . If by ' Gothic ' we mean that The Mysteries of Udolpho caters in parts to a decadent late - eighteenth - century ...
... scene . To say what Udolpho ' is ' is inevitably to reduce it . Consider the very notion that it is a ' Gothic ' fiction . If by ' Gothic ' we mean that The Mysteries of Udolpho caters in parts to a decadent late - eighteenth - century ...
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... scene , was diffused the purple glow of evening . ( p . 55 ) At moments like this ( and there are many ) the novel seems hypnotized by the possibility of not becoming a Gothic novel- of remaining instead in a world of beautiful ...
... scene , was diffused the purple glow of evening . ( p . 55 ) At moments like this ( and there are many ) the novel seems hypnotized by the possibility of not becoming a Gothic novel- of remaining instead in a world of beautiful ...
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... scene . ) Perhaps most surprising of all , given the highly theatrical death - bed scenes staged elsewhere in her fiction , the death of Montoni by poison happens off - stage and only warrants a sentence or two , as if Radcliffe had ...
... scene . ) Perhaps most surprising of all , given the highly theatrical death - bed scenes staged elsewhere in her fiction , the death of Montoni by poison happens off - stage and only warrants a sentence or two , as if Radcliffe had ...
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... scene ; and considerable additions were necessary to make it a comfortable family residence . St. Aubert felt a kind of affection for every part of the fabric , which he remembered in his youth , and would not suffer a stone of it to be ...
... scene ; and considerable additions were necessary to make it a comfortable family residence . St. Aubert felt a kind of affection for every part of the fabric , which he remembered in his youth , and would not suffer a stone of it to be ...
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abbess alarmed Ann Radcliffe Annette apartment Apennines appeared Aubert aunt Barnardine believe Blanche casement castle Cavigni chamber chateau circumstances condottieri conversation cottage Count Morano countenance dark dear distance door Dorothée Du Pont Emily Emily's emotion endeavoured enquired exclaimed eyes faint fancy father fear Gascony gloom Gothic Fiction grief happiness hear heard heart hope hour knew La Voisin lady Languedoc late leave length light listened looked Ludovico ma'amselle Madame Cheron Madame Montoni Marchioness melancholy mind mountains Mysteries of Udolpho never night observed opened passed paused perceived person Pont Pyrenées Quesnel Radcliffe rampart recollected remembered replied retired returned Rousillon scarcely scene seemed seen servants shew sigh Signor silent smile solemn soon sound spirits stair-case stranger suffered sunk surprised tears tell tenderness terrace terror Theresa Tholouse thought trembling Udolpho Valancourt Vallée Venice Verezzi Villefort voice watch waves whither wish woods