Vathek and Other Stories
Autor Malcolm Jack, William Beckforden Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 mai 1995
William Beckford was a novelist, travel writer, art critic and politician best known for his novelVathek- a story with elaborate imagery, sardonic humour and an unforgettable gallery of grotesques - which describes a journey to the halls of Eblis, or Hell, in the pursuit of knowledge. This volume is arranged in three sections: 'Oriental Tales', comprisingVathekandThe Long Story(also known asThe Vision); 'Satires', which includesBiographical Memoirs of Extraordinary Painters, an ironical exposé of English art-collecting, and an essay on the exercises of the sentimental novel; and 'Travel Diaries', containing extracts from Beckford's intimate and entertaining travel journals. Together this collection of writing exhibits the author's exuberant day-dreaming imagination as well as the deeply emotional, aesthetic themes and detailed physical descriptions of his writing.
In his introduction Malcolm Jack explores Beckford's 'journeying spirit', assesses his reputation as a stylist and innovator and discusses his life and work. This edition also includes a bibliography, an index and a chronology of Beckford's life.
William Beckford (1760-1844) inherited an immense fortune on his tenth birthday, and spent the next fifty years wasting it with reckless abandon. At the age of nineteen, he was forced to flee the country after his passionate affair with the Earl of Devon was exposed by a scandalised relative. He was a Member of Parliament and a traveller who spent large sums of money collecting rare books, curiosities and paintings for the embellishment of his Gothic folly, Fonthill Abbey, where he lived in opulent seclusion until bankruptcy finally forced him to sell it, in 1822.
If you enjoyedVathek, you might also like H.P. Lovecraft'sThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories, available in Penguin Modern Classics.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780140435306
ISBN-10: 0140435301
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0140435301
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
William
Beckford
(1760-1844)
inherited
a
large
fortune
and,
at
the
age
of
nineteen,
went
on
a
tour
of
Holland,
Germany,
Belgium,
France
and
Italy.
He
was
a
Member
of
Parliament
and
a
traveller
who
spent
large
sums
of
money
collecting
rare
books,
curiosities
and
paintings
for
the
embellishment
of
his
Gothic
Extravaganza,
Fonthill
Abbey,
where
he
lived
in
opulent
seclusion
until
forced
by
bankruptcy
to
sell
it
in
1822.