Washington Allston

Monaldi: A Tale (1841)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2026
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
9781837723690 (ISBN)

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The nineteenth-century American artist Washington Allston bridges the worlds of art and literature in his novel Monaldi: A Tale (1841). Full of Gothic intrigue and suspense, Allston’s novel tells the story of a renowned and idealistic Italian artist named Monaldi, who descends into madness and despair after falling prey to the machinations of his evil poet-friend Maldura and a bandit named Fialto. An introduction to this new edition of Monaldi addresses the Gothic literary qualities of the novel: the frame narrative, the Italian setting (which features a cavern, a monastery, and banditti), sexual transgression, attempted murder, and the Romantic landscape. In his time, Allston achieved fame as a Grand Manner history painter in both Great Britain and the United States, but his novel has received less attention from scholars than his paintings. This new edition draws attention to this semi-forgotten work in the transatlantic Gothic canon.

Acknowledgments
List of illustrations
Introduction
Allston’s Biography
Monaldi and the Gothic Tradition
Reviews of Monaldi
Legacy of Monaldi
Note on the Text
Monaldi: A Tale
Emendation List
Explanatory Notes

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.9.2026
Reihe/Serie	Gothic Originals
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Verlagsort	Wales
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
ISBN-13	9781837723690 / 9781837723690
Zustand	Neuware