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02421aam a2200397 i 4500 001 EAD64162FC6C11E9AD739D3597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191101010024 008 150219s2016 enk e b 000 1 eng 010 $a 2015934020 020 $a 0198704453 020 $a 9780198704454 035 $a (OCoLC)947284763 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d CDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d NYP $d OCLCQ $d OCLCA $d NLE $d YDXCP $d BDX $d RB0 $d UKMGB $d YUS $d OCLCO $d OCL $d JUH $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-sp--- 100 1 $a Lewis, M. G. $q (Matthew Gregory), $d 1775-1818, $e author. 245 14 $a The monk / $c Matthew Lewis ; edited by Howard Anderson ; revised and with an introduction and notes by Nick Groom. 250 $a New edition. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a liii, 357 pages ; $c 20 cm. 490 1 $a Oxford world's classics 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "The Monk is a sensational story of temptation and depravity, a masterpiece of Gothic fiction and the first horror novel in English literature. The respected monk Ambrosio, the Abbot of a Capuchin monastery in Madrid, is overwhelmed with desire for a young girl; once having abandoned his monastic vows he begins a terrible descent into immorality and violence. His appalling fall from grace embraces blasphemy, black magic, torture, rape, and murder, and places his very soul in jeopardy. Lewis's extraordinary tale drew on folklore, legendary ghost stories, and contemporary dread inspired by the terrors of the French Revolution. Its excesses shocked the reading public and it was condemned as obscene. The novel continues to beguile and shock readers today with its gruesome catalogue of iniquities, while at the same time giving a profound insight into the deep anxieties experienced by British citizens during one of the most turbulent periods in the nation's history." -- $c Goodreads.com 650 0 $a Monks $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Monasteries $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Madrid (Spain) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Gothic fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Horror fiction. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Anderson, Howard $q (Howard Peter), $e editor. 700 1 $a Groom, Nick, $d 1966- 830 0 $a Oxford world's classics. 941 $a 1 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20191101010810.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EAD64162FC6C11E9AD739D3597128E48 994 $a C0 $b JUHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search