A Sicilian Romance
In A Sicilian Romance (1790) Radcliffe began to forge the unique mixture of the psychology of terror and poetic description that would make her the great exemplar of the Gothic nove, and the idol of the Romantics.This early novel explores the cavernous landscapes and labyrinthine passages of Sicily's castles and covents to reveal the shameful secrets of its all-powerful aristocracy. Julia and Emilia Mazzini live secluded in an ancient mansion near the Straits of Messina. After their father's return to the island a neglected part of the house is haunted by a series of mysterious sights and sounds. The origin of these hauntings is only discover…
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Weitere Autoren: Milbank, Alison (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-19-266929-2
- EAN: 9780192669292
- Produktnummer: 36578784
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'365 KB
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Also Hon. Wordsworth Fellow, University of Lancaster (1988-1992). Has contributed to volumes of essays on Josephine Butler, and on Gothic writing.
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