The Italian
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The Italian is a 1797 Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe, renowned for its suspenseful plot, atmospheric settings, and exploration of religious and psychological themes.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gothic novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | The Italian; or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents ⓘ |
| author | Ann Radcliffe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | three volumes ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
ⓘ
horror fiction ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Father Schedoni
ⓘ
Marchesa di Vivaldi ⓘ Nicola ⓘ Zadar ⓘ
surface form:
Spalatro
|
| hasInfluenced | later Gothic fiction ⓘ |
| influencedBy | The Mysteries of Udolpho ⓘ |
| knownFor |
atmospheric settings
ⓘ
exploration of psychological themes ⓘ exploration of religious themes ⓘ suspenseful plot ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
key text of late 18th-century Gothic fiction
ⓘ
major work of Ann Radcliffe ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Ellena di Rosalba
ⓘ
Schedoni ⓘ Antonio Vivaldi ⓘ
surface form:
Vivaldi
|
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| period | 18th-century literature ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| publicationYear | 1797 ⓘ |
| publisher | T. Cadell Jr. and W. Davies ⓘ |
| setting |
Italy
ⓘ
Naples ⓘ Sicily ⓘ |
| theme |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
guilt and conscience ⓘ love and separation ⓘ persecution and oppression ⓘ power and corruption ⓘ psychological terror ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ann Radcliffe