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11 de mai. de 2018 · Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818) English author commonly known as "Monk" Lewis. He was born in London July 9, 1775. His father, Matthew Lewis, was deputy secretary of war and proprietor of several valuable estates in Jamaica; his mother, Anna Maria Sewell, was devoted to music and various other arts. The future author showed precocity during ...
Matthew Gregory Lewis. Shocking, erotic and violent, The Monk is the story of Ambrosio, torn between his spiritual vows and the temptations of physical pleasure. His internal battle leads to sexual obsession, rape and murder, yet this book also contains knowing parody of its own excesses as well as social comedy.
Auteur. Matthew Gregory Lewis, né à Londres le 9 juillet 1775 et mort en mer le 14 mai 1818, est un romancier et dramaturge anglais, souvent désigné sous le nom du « moine » Lewis, en raison du succès de son roman gothique, Le Moine ( The Monk) en 1796 .
Matthew Gregory Lewis was the firstborn child of Matthew and Frances Maria Sewell Lewis. Both his parents' families had connections with Jamaica. Lewis' father owned considerable property in Jamaica, within four miles of Savanna-la-Mer, or Savanna-la-Mar, which was hit by a devastating earthquake and hurricane in 1779.
The Monk: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796.Written early in Lewis's career, it was published before he turned twenty. In one letter, he claimed to have written it in ten weeks, but other correspondence suggests that he had at least started it, or something similar, a couple of years earlier.
Matthew Gregory Lewis, Henry William Pickersgill, 1809. Matthew Gregory Lewis ( Londra, 9 luglio 1775 – Oceano Atlantico, 14 maggio 1818) è stato un romanziere e drammaturgo britannico, famoso per il suo romanzo gotico Il monaco .
Matthew Lewis, Senior, the novelist's wealthy and influential father, who served as England's Deputy Secretary at War, owned considerable property in Jamaica, within four miles of Savanna-la-Mer, or Savanna-la-Mar, which was hit by a devastating earthquake and hurricane in 1779. His son eventually inherited this valuable property.
