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Essays in Petto

Essays in Petto

Summers, Montague

Paperback

Letters & EssaysLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 1528716531
ISBN13: 9781528716536
Publisher: Read & Co. Books
Published: Mar 6 2020
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.45 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Essays in Petto is a collection of essays by English writer Montague Summers, first published in 1928. Within them, Summers explores the subject of Gothic literature, looking in particular at the work of notable writers including Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, Byron, and others. A detailed examination of Gothic romance by a master of the supernatural. Contents include: Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, Byron's 'Lovely Rosa', The Marquis de Sade, A Restoration Prompt-Book, Pepys' 'Doll Common', Orrey's 'The Tragedy of Zoroastres', The Source of Southerne's 'The Fatal Marriage', Mystical Substitution, Catherine of Siena, and S. Antony of Padua. Montague Summers (1880-1948) was an English clergyman and author best known for his scholarly work and studies on supernatural entities including werewolves, vampires, and witches. Notably, he produced the first English translation of the infamous 15th-century witch hunter's manual, the Malleus Maleficarum. This classic work is being republished now in a new facsimile edition of the original text.

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