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The Monk: A Romance by Matthew Gregory Lewis, a Gothic tale which centres around Ambrosio, a monk who falls from grace and acts on his lustful desires. To satisfy his immoral urges, he consorts with the Devil and commits evil acts, making for a scandalous yet riveting read. Although highly controversial at the time of publication due to its sinful content, critics could not deny the genius of Lewis' writing and, despite it being labelled 'blasphemous and lewd', readers flocked to buy it. Although Lewis wrote other works, these other achievements are all clouded by the enormous success of
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Matthew Gregory Lewis
English novelist and playwright
Born in London in 1775Died at sea in 1818Notable works:The Castle Spectre (1798), playAlfonso, king of Castile (1801), playJournal of a West India proprietor (1833)Matthew Gregory Lewis was an English author born to a wealthy family in 1775. He wrote The Monk: a Romance (1796) in ten weeks at just 19 years of age while he was readying himself for a career in diplomacy. He went on to pursue a political career and became MP for Hindon, Wiltshire. After several uneventful years in the House of Commons, he turned once more to literature and began writing poetry and plays, including The Castle Spectre (1798) and Alfonso, king of Castile (1801). When his father died in 1815, he left England to visit his family’s estate overseas in West India where he discovered slaves’ shocking living conditions. He denounces the practice in his Journal of a West India proprietor (1833). Exhausted by his travels, he died at sea in 1818.
The Monk: A Romance
A masterpiece of gothic literature
Genre: novelReference edition: Lewis, M.G. (2008) The Monk: A Romance. [online]. Project Gutenburg. [Accessed 28 June 2016]. Available from: <http://www.gutenberg.org/files/601/601-h/601-h.htm> First edition: 1796Themes: immorality, religion, evil, temptation, redemptionThe Monk: A Romance caused a scandal when it was published in 1796, condemned for its anticlericalism and the numerous violent and sexual scenes featured in the novel. The protagonist Ambrosio is a monk who gives in to his lustful desires. He happily consorts with the Devil, killing and committing rape to satisfy his immoral impulses. Under pressure, Lewis produced a sanitised version of the text in 1798 which was still subject to widespread criticism. However, the author was met with admiration by great figures of literature such as Lord Byron (English poet, 1788-1824) and the Marquis de Sade (French writer, 1740-1824). In 1931, Antonin Artaud (French writer, 1896-1948) released his own version of The Monk: A Romance in which he retold Lewis’s story in his own words.
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