The Italian; or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents

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Gothic novel novel

The Italian; or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents is a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe, first published in 1797, known for its dark atmosphere, religious intrigue, and exploration of terror and psychological suspense.

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The Italian; or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents canonical 2
The Italian; or, the Confessional of the Black Penitents 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 18th century ⓘ
containsElement imprisonment and confinement ⓘ
monastic settings ⓘ
mystery and mistaken identity ⓘ
secret tribunals ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Medieval Italy ⓘ
surface form: Gothic Italy
genre Gothic fiction ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle The Italian ⓘ
hasAntagonist Schedoni ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Ellena di Rosalba ⓘ
Marchesa di Vivaldi ⓘ
surface form: Vivaldi
hasSequel none ⓘ
hasSubtitle The Confessional of the Black Penitents ⓘ
hasTone melodramatic ⓘ
somber ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ
influenced 19th-century horror literature ⓘ
later Gothic fiction ⓘ
literaryForm prose fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement Gothic literature ⓘ
literarySignificance key text in late 18th-century Gothic fiction ⓘ
major work of Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor dark atmosphere ⓘ
exploration of terror ⓘ
psychological suspense ⓘ
religious intrigue ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
precededBy The Mysteries of Udolpho ⓘ
publicationDate 1797 ⓘ
settingLocation Italy ⓘ
settingPeriod Renaissance ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme Catholicism and religious authority ⓘ
guilt and conscience ⓘ
love and separation ⓘ
persecution and oppression ⓘ
the sublime and terror ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Italian → alternativeTitle → The Italian; or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents ⓘ
Father Schedoni → appearsIn → The Italian; or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Italian; or, the Confessional of the Black Penitents
Ellena di Rosalba → appearsIn → The Italian; or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents ⓘ