The Monk (Penguin English Library)

作者 Matthew Lewis著
出版社 Penguin Press/Classics
出版时间 2012年6月第1版
ISBN 9780141199467
定价 74.20

内容简介

ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofTheMonkbyMatthewLewis.'Henowsawhimselfstainedwiththemostloathedandmonstroussins,theobjectofuniversalexecration...doomedtoperishintorturesthemostsevere'Shocking,eroticandviolent,TheMonkisthestoryofAmbrosio,tornbetweenhisspiritualvowsandthetemptationsofphysicalpleasure.Hisinternalbattleleadstosexualobsession,rapeandmurder,yetthisbookalsocontainsknowingparodyofitsownexcessesaswellassocialcomedy.WrittenbyMatthewLewiswhenhewasonlynineteen,itwasaground-breakingnovelintheGothicHorrorgenreandspawnedhundredsofimitators,drawninbyitsmixtureofbloodshed,sexandscandal.ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.

作者简介

MatthewGregoryLewis(1775-1818)waseducatedatOxford,afterwhichheheldapositionintheBritishEmbassyatTheHague.ItwastherethathewroteTheMonk,undertheinfluenceoftheearlyGermanromantics.Itspublicationin1796washighlycontroversial,duetobothLewis'newstatusasMPandthenovelitself,whichmanycriticssavagedforitssupposedprofanityandobscenity.AmasterpieceofGothicfiction,TheMonkwasrevisedafterfirstpublicationtoavoidchargesofblasphemy.Thiseditionfeaturestheoriginal,unrevised1796text.

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