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Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

Autor/a de The Castle of Otranto

157+ obres 4,906 Membres 145 Ressenyes 8 preferits

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Horace Walpole was born in London on September 24, 1717 and educated at Eton College and Kings College, Cambridge. Upon his return from college, Walpole was elected to Parliament and served until 1768. He was the youngest son of British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole. He was known as The Earl of mostra'n més Orford. Walpole opened a private press that published his own works and that of his friends. He is well known for his Gothic romance novel, The Castle of Otranto. Horace Walpole died in London on March 2, 1797, after which his title became extinct since he never married or had children. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto (1764) 3,667 exemplars
Hieroglyphic Tales (1978) 67 exemplars
Letters of Horace Walpole (1951) — Autor — 26 exemplars
Walpoliana (2012) 10 exemplars
Tres piezas góticas (1997) 10 exemplars
Walpole's Letters 8 exemplars
Romans terrifiants (1997) 7 exemplars
Letters Of Horace Walpole, V1 (2004) 6 exemplars
The Castle of Otranto - Vathek (1983) — Autor — 4 exemplars
Horace Walpole and his world (1895) 4 exemplars
Essay on Modern Gardening (2008) 1 exemplars
Horace Walpole's Correspondence (1973) — Editor — 1 exemplars
A True Love Story 1 exemplars
The Bird's Nest 1 exemplars
The Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence (1937) — Autor — 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto / Vathek / Frankenstein (1968) — Col·laborador — 610 exemplars
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment (1988) — Col·laborador — 260 exemplars
Eighteenth-Century English Literature (1969) — Autor — 186 exemplars
The Phantom of the Opera and Other Gothic Tales (2018) — Col·laborador — 177 exemplars
A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1960) — Col·laborador — 147 exemplars
Seven Masterpieces of Gothic Horror (1963) — Col·laborador — 102 exemplars
Treasury Of Gothic & Supernatural (1981) — Col·laborador — 96 exemplars
Shorter novels of the eighteenth century (1930) — Col·laborador — 90 exemplars
Northanger Abbey/Castle of Otranto/Mysteries of Udolpho (1963) — Col·laborador — 56 exemplars

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Beautiful Gothic Horror -- 1976 Castle of Otranto a Folio Society Devotees (octubre 2022)

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O que é o Gótico, se não tudo que envolve "O Castelo de Otranto"?

Horace Walpole é o pai do Goticismo, e "Otranto", o seu filho prodígio.

No princípio, nossa literatura era medieval, permeada por tiranos nobres e seus castelos assombrados por sangue e vinganças; e este modelo é mérito exclusivo do autor inglês.

Em sua maior ópera, vê-se a genialidade do medo prematuro, que baseia-se em um terror fantasioso. Em seu enredo enxuto e apressado, movimenta-se cada palavra com a ação do presente, o sabor do passado e o temor do futuro.

É brilhante e por tal, é também responsável por inaugura-la: a literatura gótica.
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morgmortem | Hi ha 124 ressenyes més | Mar 2, 2024 |
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adastra | Hi ha 124 ressenyes més | Jan 15, 2024 |
 
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ethorwitz | Hi ha 124 ressenyes més | Jan 3, 2024 |
Sunday, November 15, 2020

I'm a bit ashamed...but not too much. This book is 106 pages long. I abandoned it on page 80. I just couldn't do it anymore. He lost me about page 50 and I kept falling asleep after a few minutes of trying to muddle through. I got sick of wasting evenings so figured I'd put it away for another time.

Manfred's plight was reminiscent of Henry VIII---quite ridiculous, but I guess if it worked for the king...

Horace Walpole was responsible for redefining the word gothic, in terms of decor style, as well as being the author of the first gothic novel. Published in 1764, Otranto was hugely influential on countless works afterward and has been called one of the six most important books in the English language, in terms of its influence. So greatly did it feed the imaginations of later authors that it wasn't too long before it began to be parodied, as in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey.

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

I did it. I restarted this hopelessly melodramatic piece of 18th century drivel and finished it to the last bitter dregs. It was quite ridiculous but a couple humorous parts were reminiscent of Danny Kaye's Court Jester so it wasn't a total waste.
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classyhomemaker | Hi ha 124 ressenyes més | Dec 11, 2023 |

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Obres
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Membres
4,906
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Valoració
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145
ISBN
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Preferit
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