The Gothic Flame: Being a History of the Gothic Novel in England, Its Origins, Efflorescence, Disintegration, and Residuary Influences, Volume 10 |
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... writer in The Critical Review expressed a feeling of “ congenial warmth for everything of German origin " . Later it ... writers and provided Matthew Lewis , Peter Will , Lathom , Edward Montague , and others , with a vast quantity of ...
... writer in The Critical Review expressed a feeling of “ congenial warmth for everything of German origin " . Later it ... writers and provided Matthew Lewis , Peter Will , Lathom , Edward Montague , and others , with a vast quantity of ...
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... writers of macabre tales . Thus one may say that the Gothic romance had a tonic influence on English literature . Previously scant attention had been paid to the scenery in the novel . Mrs. Radcliffe set the style for morose landscapes ...
... writers of macabre tales . Thus one may say that the Gothic romance had a tonic influence on English literature . Previously scant attention had been paid to the scenery in the novel . Mrs. Radcliffe set the style for morose landscapes ...
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... writers of today with the dark incentive that first set them upon the sinister paths of crime fiction . 66 The " Roman Policier " -an unfailing anodyne in this modern world — and which according to G. K. Chesterton expresses some sense ...
... writers of today with the dark incentive that first set them upon the sinister paths of crime fiction . 66 The " Roman Policier " -an unfailing anodyne in this modern world — and which according to G. K. Chesterton expresses some sense ...
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