01-31-2009, 03:52 AM
The reason id asked is because all I have heard was skepticism and nothing concrete, so thank you for the link's I will definitely look into it.
What's the first noteworthy Gothic book?
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01-31-2009, 03:52 AM
The reason id asked is because all I have heard was skepticism and nothing concrete, so thank you for the link's I will definitely look into it.
02-02-2009, 09:52 AM
Des Esseintes Wrote:No offense to anyone here but I thought this was rather common knowledge. Walpole's 1st edition of Otranto claimed that it was a printing of a much older manuscript but in his introduction to later editions he revealed he wrote it himself and discusses the dream which he had which inspired the story. The Wikipedia article is here: Very true. I have a copy of "7 Gothic masterpieces" and the introduction to "Otranto" does state that he tried to claim it was an old manuscript found in some castle - that was part of the humor. He was trying to give the impression that the story of Otranto was true by stating in the beginning of his story that he found the manuscript and was just copying it for others to read. |
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