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Si suppone che gli avvenimenti si svolgano nel Duecento. Manfredo, signore di Otranto, nipote dell'usurpatore del regno che ha avvelenato Alfonso, il lettimo sovrano, vive sotto l'incubo di una profezia, secondo cui la stirpe dell'usurpatore continuerà a regnare, finché il legittimo sovrano non sia divenuto troppo grosso per abitare il castello e finché discendenti maschi dell'usurpatore lo occupino. Quando la profezia sembra avverarsi, Manfredo atterrito confessa il modo dell'usurpazione e si ritira in un monastero con la moglie. Il romanzo fu pubblicato nel 1764 e, nella prima edizione, era descritto come una versione dall'italiano.
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- Pagine: 167
- Data di uscita: 07-02-2007
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This granddaddy of all Gothics is still worth a read. It has its flaws, but Walpole's style is crisp and economical, and the book itself is mercifully brief. Manfred possesses all the important features of the classic gothic hero that Mrs. Radcliffe and others would later use to great advantage, and Leggi tutto
The Castle of Otranto was the Blair Witch Project of 1764. Both were game-changers which popularized a new genre. Blair Witch launched the “found footage” horror trope and Otranto inaugurated the “Gothic.” Interestingly enough, Otranto also employs a “found footage” gimmick with its first edition, pr Leggi tutto
By today’s standard’s The Castle of Otranto is a ridiculous piece of melodrama. However, when it was originally published it was absolute dynamite. It had the power to shock and dazzle its earliest of readers. They were innocent and unused to horror; thus, it was utterly compelling for them. Such a t Leggi tutto
Prince Manfred of Otranto in medieval Italy is looking forward to the wedding of his only son Conrad, because the family name must continue...In those violent times, petty men try for glory against others of the same class , (the era of the Crusades also) Italian politics dictates noblemen have sons Leggi tutto
This classic was sooo baaad. You know in these fancy introductions when these big shot professors are frothing about how brilliant this thing is that you are now about to read, well, in the introduction to this book the guy tells you right there he’s sorry but this is a baaaad book The dream origin o Leggi tutto
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