The Castle of Otranto and the Mysterious Mother Paperback - 2003
by Horace Walpole; Frederick S. Frank (Editor)
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This Broadview edition pairs the first Gothic novel with the first Gothic drama, both by Horace Walpole.
Published on Christmas Eve, 1764, on Walpole's private press at Strawberry Hill, his Gothicized country house, The Castle of Otranto became an instant and immediate classic of the Gothic genre as well as the prototype for Gothic fiction for the next two hundred years. Walpole's brooding and intense drama, The Mysterious Mother, focuses on the protagonist's angst over an act of incest with his mother, and includes the appearance of Father Benedict, Gothic literature's first evil monk.
Appendices in this edition include selections from Walpole's letters, contemporary responses, and writings illustrating the aesthetic and intellectual climate of the period. Also included is Sir Walter Scott's introduction to the 1811 edition of The Castle of Otranto.
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- Title The Castle of Otranto and the Mysterious Mother
- Author Horace Walpole; Frederick S. Frank (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition illustrated Edit
- Pages 357
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Broadview Press Inc, T.O.
- Publication date January 2, 2003
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated
- ISBN 9781551113043 / 155111304X
- Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003272906
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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