The Monk: an English Schauerroman

Authors

  • Daniel Serravalle de Sá UFPA – Universidade Federal do Pará. Faculdade de Estudos da Linguagem. Marabá – PA – Brasil.

Keywords:

Matthew Gregory Lewis, The Monk, Gothic novel, Schauerroman, Literary contacts,

Abstract

This article focuses on literary contacts between England and Germany in the late eighteenth century context. Taking as an example the novel The Monk (1796) by Matthew Gregory Lewis, this paper seeks to demonstrate the important role played by German Schauerroman in the formation of the English Gothic novel.

Issue

Section

Literatures in english language