01676nam a2200313 i 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030020001800071020001500089040002700104082002000131100002800151245009700179264002700276300001400303336002600317337002800343338002700371520078000398650001801178650003101196650001201227650002201239650002101261650001301282650003601295650003101331418012InACL20260927135906.0260927s2003    xx                0 eng d  a9781551113043  a155111304X  aInACLbengerdacInACL04a828609bNAL2231 aWalpole, Horaceeauthor14aThe Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother (Broadview Literary Texts) /cHorace Walpole 1bBroadview Press,c2003  a357 pages  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"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."--BOOK JACKET. 0aShort stories 0aInheritance and succession 0aFiction 0aFiction - General 0aRomance - Gothic 0aLiterary 0aEnglish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh 0aFiction / Romance / Gothic