Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
Autor/a de The Castle of Otranto
Sobre l'autor
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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Sèrie
Obres de Horace Walpole
Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto; Vathek; The Vampyre; and a Fragment of a Novel (1966) — Col·laborador — 272 exemplars
Gothic Classics: The Castle of Otranto and The Old English Baron (Haunted Library Horror Classics) (1883) 28 exemplars
Walpole's Letters 8 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpoles Correspondence, Volume 12: With Mary and Agnes Berry, II (1944) 4 exemplars
JOURNAL OF THE PRINTING-OFFICE AT STRAWBERRY HILL, NOW FIRST PRINTED FROM THE MS OF HORACE WALPOLE, WITH NOTES (1923) 4 exemplars
A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole [together with] catalogue of the… (1971) 3 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 04: With Madame Du Deffand, II (1939) 3 exemplars
El arte de los jardines modernos/ The art of modern gardens (Biblioteca De Ensayo: Serie Menor) (Spanish Edition) (2005) 3 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 31: With Hannah More, Lady Browne, Lady Mary Coke,… (1961) 3 exemplars
Letters of (6 vols.) 2 exemplars
Reminiscences written by Mr. Horace Walpole in 1788 for theamusement of Miss Mary and Miss Agnes Berry, now first… (1924) 2 exemplars
The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volumes 13-14: With Thomas Gray, Richard West, and Thomas Ashton,… (1948) 2 exemplars
Horace Walpole's correspondence with John Chute, Richard Bentley, the Earl of Strafford, Sir William Hamilton, the… (1973) 2 exemplars
Memoirs and Portraits 2 exemplars
Anecdotes of Painting in England, Vol. 3: With Some Account of the Principal Artists, and Incidental Notes on Other… (2017) 2 exemplars
Anecdotes of painting in England (v.1): with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts (1786) 2 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 15: With Sir David Dalrymple, Conyers Middleton, Daniel… (1951) 2 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 1: With the Rev. William Cole, I (The Yale Edition of… (1937) 2 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole`s Correspondence, Volume 30: With George Selwyn, Lord Lincoln, Sir Charles Handbury (1961) 2 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 16: With Thomas Chatterton, Michael Lort, John Pinkerton,… (1951) 2 exemplars
The Grand Question, Whether War or No War With Spain, Impartially Consider'd: in Defence of the Present Measures… (2019) 1 exemplars
A Letter from Xo Ho A Chinese Philosopher at London, to His Friend Lien Chi at Peking 1757 [Hardcover] (2013) 1 exemplars
Horace Walpole, writer, politician and connoisseur; essays on the 250th anniversary of Walpole's birth 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 45: Complete Index: Volume II, Constantine to Grazing (The… (1983) 1 exemplars
Ædes Walpolianæ, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk 1 exemplars
Die Burg von Otranto. Roman. Mit einem Essay von Walter Scott. Deutsch von Helmut Findeisen. (1982) 1 exemplars
Memoirs of the Count de Grammont, Containing the History of the English Court Under Charles II (2016) 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 25: With Sir Horace Mann, IX (The Yale Edition of Horace… (1971) 1 exemplars
Volume 32: With the Countess of Upper Ossory, I, 1761-1777 (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence) (1965) 1 exemplars
A World Extraordinary 1 exemplars
Anglický gotický román 1 exemplars
The correspondence of Gray, Walpole, West and Ashton, 1734-1771, including more than one hundred letters now first… — Autor — 1 exemplars
Volume 29: With William Mason, II (The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence) (v. 29) (1955) 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 20: With Sir Horace Mann, IV (The Yale Edition of Horace… (1960) 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 17: With Sir Horace Mann, I (The Yale Edition of Horace… (1954) 1 exemplars
Private correspondence of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford. Now first collected. [With a portrait.] 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 11: With Mary and Agnes Berry and Barbara Cecilia Seton… (1944) 1 exemplars
Literature must struggle with many difficulties 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 5: With Madame Du Deffand and Mademoiselle Sanadon, III… (1939) 1 exemplars
Mi Li A Chinese Fairy Tale 1 exemplars
A True Love Story 1 exemplars
The Bird's Nest 1 exemplars
The Peach In Brandy: A Milesian Tale 1 exemplars
Anecdotes of polite literature 1 exemplars
Horace Walpole's correspondence with Henry Seymour Conway, Lady Ailesbury, Lord and Lady Hertford, Mrs. Harris (1974) 1 exemplars
From St. James's to St. Peter's : Horace Walpole's and Thomas Gray's letters from the Grand Tour, 1739-1741 (1996) 1 exemplars
Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence: Volumes 44-48 : Complete Index (The Yale edition of Horace Walpole's… (1983) 1 exemplars
Maddalena, Or The Fate Of the Florentines 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 6: With Madame Du Deffand and Wiart, IV (The Yale Edition… (1939) 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 43: Additions and Correction (The Yale Edition of Horace… (1983) 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole`s Correspondence, Volumes 26-27 (The Set): With Sir Horace Mann, x + XI (The Yale… (1971) 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 28: With William Mason, I (The Yale Edition of Horace… (1955) 1 exemplars
The Dice-box: A Fairy Tale 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole`s Correspondence, Volume 19: With Sir Horace Mann, III (The Yale Edition of Horace… (1954) 1 exemplars
The Yale Editions of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, Volume 24: With Sir Horace Mann, VIII (The Yale Edition of Horace (1967) 1 exemplars
A New Arabian Night's Entertainment 1 exemplars
The King And His Three Daughters 1 exemplars
Фантастические повести 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Three Gothic Novels: The Castle of Otranto / Vathek / Frankenstein (1968) — Col·laborador — 610 exemplars
Great British Tales of Terror: Gothic Stories of Horror and Romance 1765-1840 (1972) — Col·laborador — 81 exemplars
Three eighteenth century romances: The castle of Otranto; Vathek; The romance of the forest (1931) — Col·laborador — 44 exemplars
Castle of Otranto and the Man of Feeling, The, A Longman Cultural Edition (2006) — Col·laborador — 16 exemplars
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1957, Vol. 12, No. 4 (1957) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
The Craft Of Terror - The Best From The Rare And Infamous Gothic Horror Novels (1966) — Autor — 8 exemplars
Anthology of Romanticism Volume Two: Selections From The Pre-Romantic Movement — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Walpole, Horace
- Nom oficial
- Walpole, Horace
- Altres noms
- Muralto, Onophrio
Marshal, William
Vierde Graaf van Orford - Data de naixement
- 1717-09-24
- Data de defunció
- 1797-03-02
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Groot-Brittannië
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- England, UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Londen, Engeland, Groot-Brittannië
- Lloc de defunció
- Londen, Engeland, Groot-Brittannië
- Llocs de residència
- London, England, UK
Callington, England, UK
Westminster, England, UK
King's Lynn, England, UK
Castle Rising, England, UK
Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK (mostra-les totes 7)
Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, Middlesex, England - Educació
- University of Cambridge (King's College)
Eton College - Professions
- author
art historian
novelist
politician - Relacions
- Walpole, Robert (father)
- Organitzacions
- UK House of Commons
Whig Party
Membres
Converses
Beautiful Gothic Horror -- 1976 Castle of Otranto a Folio Society Devotees (octubre 2022)
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole - lyzard tutoring SqueakyChu a 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (gener 2015)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 157
- També de
- 19
- Membres
- 4,906
- Popularitat
- #5,120
- Valoració
- 3.2
- Ressenyes
- 145
- ISBN
- 421
- Llengües
- 14
- Preferit
- 8
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.… (més)