An Arabian tale
from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory.
Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
Fiction, gothic
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Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam in a hedonistic quest for supernatural powers, which leads to his downfall. Beckford's genius was in marrying Orientalism with the Gothic, both sources of fascination and delight to re…
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