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Vathek / William Beckford, English novelist ; edited with an introduction and notes by Thomas Keymer, Chncellor Jackmanb Professor of English at the University of Toronto.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Oxford world's classicsPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013Description: xli, 141 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • videotape reel
ISBN:
  • 9780199576951
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • .Ox98be
Summary: "A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary fantasy, the novel has influenced writers from Byron to Lovecraft. This new edition combines a definitive text with new introduction and notes." -- WorldCat
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Includes explanatory notes and appendix.

"A captivating hybrid of Gothic, oriental, and satiric fiction, Vathek documents the fall of Vathek, whose obsessive quest for knowledge, pleasure and power leads to his eventual damnation. An extraordinary fantasy, the novel has influenced writers from Byron to Lovecraft. This new edition combines a definitive text with new introduction and notes." -- WorldCat

Text in English.

Translated from the French.

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