{"product_id":"9781551113043","title":"The Castle of Otranto and The Mysterious Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\nThis Broadview edition pairs the first Gothic novel with the first Gothic drama, both by Horace Walpole.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nPublished on Christmas Eve, 1764, on Walpole’s private press at Strawberry Hill, his Gothicized country house, \u003cem\u003eThe Castle of Otranto\u003c\/em\u003e became an instant and immediate classic of the Gothic genre as well as the prototype for Gothic fiction for the next two hundred years. Walpole’s brooding and intense drama, \u003cem\u003eThe Mysterious Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, focuses on the protagonist’s angst over an act of incest with his mother, and includes the appearance of Father Benedict, Gothic literature’s first evil monk.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nAppendices in this edition include selections from Walpole’s letters, contemporary responses, and writings illustrating the aesthetic and intellectual climate of the period. Also included is Sir Walter Scott’s introduction to the 1811 edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Castle of Otranto\u003c\/em\u003e.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"Walpole, Horace","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US) (Literary Criticism)","offer_id":44055704895712,"sku":"","price":10.65,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_31a0e465-e021-4a29-a0c2-e5281006fae0.jpg?v=1686943290","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9781551113043","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}