The Castle Of Otranto

Author(s): Horace Walpole

Classics

With this title, Walpole established the Gothic as a literary form in England. It was first published as a scholarly translation from an ancient Italian text, a supernatural tale of a fatal prophecy set in the time of the crusades and one which inspired terror in its early readers.

General Information

  • : 9780140437676
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.16
  • : September 2001
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 12mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Horace Walpole
  • : Paperback
  • : en
  • : 823.6
  • : very good
  • : 208
  • : FC
  • : chronology, further reading, notes
  • : chronology, further reading, notes

More About The Product

Horace Walpole (1717-97), 4th Earl of Orford, was the son of the Whig Prime Minister, Robert Walpole. In 1747 he moved to Strawberry Hill in Twickenham, which he transformed into his "little Gothic castle". He was at the centre of literary and political society and an arbiter of taste. He is remembered for his witty letters to a wide circle of friends. Michael Gamer is Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of 'Romanticism and the Gothic' (CUP, 2000).