Tales of WonderBroadview Press, 2009 M11 13 - 300 pages In the late eighteenth century, Matthew Gregory “Monk” Lewis, a notorious author of lurid Gothic novels and plays, began to gather this collection of horror ballads. Including original and traditional works, translations and adaptations, and even burlesques of the Gothic, this “hobgoblin repast,” as Lewis called it, brings together a fascinating assortment of works. Contributors include Lewis, the young Walter Scott, William Taylor of Norwich, John Leyden, and Robert Southey. Appendices contain selections from Tales of Terror (1801), a text long intertwined with Lewis’s collection; information on Scott’s An Apology for Tales of Terror (1799); and parodies and reviews of Lewis’s particular brand of Gothic poetry. |
Contents
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A Brief Chronology | 37 |
A Note on the Text | 41 |
Tales of Wonder | 47 |
A Selection of Poems from Volume II of Tales of Wonder | 207 |
Robert Southey and the Tales of Wonder | 232 |
Selections from Tales of Terror 1801 | 239 |
A Note on Scotts Compilation An Apology for Tales of Terror 1799 | 285 |
Critical Reception of Tales of Wonder and Tales of Terror | 288 |
Select Bibliography and Works Cited | 293 |
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