Wednesday, June 6, 2018

SUGGESTED READINGS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE

Matthew Lewis, The Monk: A Romance, edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher MacLachlan (New York: Penguin Classics/Penguin Books, 1998).

Charles Robert Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, edited with an introduction and Notes by Victor Sage (New York: Penguin Classics/Penguin Books, 2000) (From the back cover: "In a satanic bargain, Melmoth has sold his soul in exchange for immortality and now preys on the helpless in their darkest moments, offering to ease their suffering if they will take his place and release him from his tortured wanderings.").

Jan Potocki, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, translated from the French by Ian Maclean (New York: Penguin Classics/Penguin Books, 1996) (From the back cover: "Jan Potocki (1761-1812) used a range of literary styles--Gothic, picaresque, adventure, pastoral, erotic--in his novel of stories-within-stories, which, like the Decameron and Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, provides entertainment on an epic scale.").