horace walpole the castle of otranto a gothic story

56-63) ESTC t131070 Republisher_date 20190827172348 Republisher_operator Scandate 20190827141855 Scanner . The Castle of Otranto (1764) is the first supernatural English novel and one of the most influential works of Gothic fiction. Walpole presents The Castle of Otranto as the English translation of a recently discovered manuscript. Its author is Horace Walpole (17171797), but it purports to be a translation of a work printed in Naples in 1529 and newly discovered in the library of ‘an ancient Catholic family in the north of England’. The Languages Gothic writers choose vocabulary that referred to emotions and feelings, capable of evoking anxiety, fear or horror. It is considered the first Gothic novel in the English language, and it is often said to have founded the horror story as a legitimate literary form. Generally regarded as the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto was first published in 1764. The Library knows of no copyright restrictions on this item. The Castle of Otranto, novel by Horace Walpole, published under a pseudonym in 1764 (though first editions bear the next year’s date). The book, which takes place in a haunted castle, combined medievalism with fear in an ever-enduring manner.Manfred, the castles lord, and his family are the subjects of The Castle of Otranto. OL20111612W Page-progression lr Pages 302 Possible copyright status Not in copyright. This Broadview edition pairs the first Gothic novel with the first Gothic drama, both by Horace Walpole.

Urn:oclc:record:951892282 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier castleofotrant00walp Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9870cg9b Identifier-bib 39088010284024 Invoice 29 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Openlibrary_edition The Representation of the Wonderful and the Preternatural between the Gothic Novel and Fin-de-Siècle Literature. Addeddate 14:05:11 Associated-names Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813, printer Barlow, Inigo, engraver Reveley, Willey, -1799, illustrator Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, engraver Sivrac, George, publisher Butler, Mary B., former owner Cooper Union Library, former owner Call number 39088010284024 Camera Canon 5D External-identifier

Horace walpole the castle of otranto a gothic story