OL48787607M
Vathek
Giaime Pintor
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Published
- 2021
- ISBN-13
- 9798541803082
- ISBN-10
- Unavailable
- Work ID
- OL777826W
Description
Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam in a hedonistic quest for supernatural powers, which leads to his downfall. Beckford's genius was in marrying Orientalism with the Gothic, both sources of fascination and delight to reading audiences of the time.
Subjects
Fiction, generalFrench literature, translations into englishDescription and travelFictionInheritance and successionClassic LiteratureThirty years' war, 1618-1648CivilizationFrench literatureTranslations into EnglishEnglish literatureTranslationsFiction, gothicLong Now Manual for CivilizationCaliphsFrench fictionDatabases