The Monk

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Gothic novel novel

The Monk is a seminal 1796 Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, renowned for its dark themes of corruption, lust, and the supernatural within a Spanish monastic setting.

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Label	Occurrences
The Monk canonical	22
The Monk (1796)	1
The Monk (1972 film)	1
The Monk (novel)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Gothic novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptation	The Monk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Monk (1972 film) The Monk (2011 film) ⓘ
author	Matthew Gregory Lewis ⓘ
censorshipStatus	subject to expurgated editions ⓘ
centralTheme	corruption ⓘ damnation ⓘ lust ⓘ power and authority ⓘ religious hypocrisy ⓘ sexual repression ⓘ temptation ⓘ the supernatural ⓘ
containsElement	demons ⓘ ghosts ⓘ incest ⓘ murder ⓘ pact with the Devil ⓘ rape ⓘ
controversy	accusations of immorality ⓘ charges of blasphemy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
firstEditionPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
firstEditionPublisher	J. Bell ⓘ
influencedBy	Ann Radcliffe ⓘ Gothic literature ⓘ surface form: Gothic tradition
literaryGenre	Gothic fiction ⓘ horror fiction ⓘ
literarySignificance	influential in development of horror literature ⓘ major work of early Gothic fiction ⓘ
movement	Romanticism ⓘ
narrativeForm	prose ⓘ
notableCharacter	Agnes ⓘ Ambrosio ⓘ Antonia ⓘ Matilda ⓘ Raymond ⓘ
notableFor	critique of Catholic monasticism ⓘ graphic depictions of violence and sexuality ⓘ use of the supernatural ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
period	late 18th century literature ⓘ
protagonist	Ambrosio ⓘ
protagonistRole	Capuchin monk ⓘ
publicationYear	1796 ⓘ
settingEnvironment	monastery ⓘ
settingLocation	Madrid ⓘ Spain ⓘ
structure	multi-plot narrative ⓘ

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Gothic literature → notableWork → The Monk ⓘ

Matthew Gregory Lewis → notableWork → The Monk ⓘ

Matthew Gregory Lewis → wrote → The Monk ⓘ

The Monk → adaptation → The Monk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Monk (1972 film)

George Inness → notableWork → The Monk ⓘ

Tales of Wonder → alsoKnownForCompiler → The Monk ⓘ

Frances Maria Sewell → notableWork → The Monk ⓘ