The Italian: The Confessional of the Black Penitents - Softcover

Radcliffe, Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1618956930 ISBN 13: 9781618956934

Publisher: Bibliotech Press, 2019

Synopsis

The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents (1797) is a Gothic novel written by the English author Ann Radcliffe. It is the last book Radcliffe published during her lifetime (she would go on to write the novel Gaston de Blondeville, which was published posthumously in 1826). The Italian has a dark, mysterious and somber tone, and concerns the themes of love, devotion and persecution by the Holy Inquisition. The novel also deals with issues prevalent at the time of the French Revolution, such as religion, aristocracy, and nationality. Radcliffe's renowned use of veiled imagery is considered to have reached its height of sophistication and complexity in The Italian; concealment and disguise are central motifs of the novel. In line with late 18th-century sensibility and its parallel fetishisation of the sublime and the sentimentally pastoral, the heightened emotional states of Radcliffe's characters are often reflected through the pathetic fallacy. The novel is noted for its extremely effective antagonist, Father Schedoni. (wikipedia.org)

About this edition

• Publisher: Bibliotech Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1618956930
• ISBN 13: 9781618956934
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334