The Castle of St. Aldobrand

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The Castle of St. Aldobrand is a Gothic setting central to Charles Robert Maturin’s 1816 novel "Bertram," embodying the dark, melodramatic atmosphere characteristic of early 19th-century Romantic literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic setting
fictional castle
literary setting
appearsInWork Bertram NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Gothic
associatedWithAuthor Charles Robert Maturin NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Bertram NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme doom
forbidden passion
guilt
revenge
sin
centralToWork Bertram NERFINISHED
countryOfFictionalLocation Italy NERFINISHED
hasAtmosphere dark
melodramatic
hasAuthorOfWorkItAppearsIn Charles Robert Maturin NERFINISHED
hasFeature chapel
cliffs
dungeons
towers
hasGenreContext melodrama
hasMedium drama
hasStyleCharacteristic early 19th-century Romantic literature
hasTemporalContextInWork Middle Ages
influencedBy earlier Gothic novels
literaryMovementContext Romanticism NERFINISHED
literarySubgenre Gothic fiction
narrativeFunction primary setting of the play "Bertram"
usedAsExampleOf Gothic stage scenery in Romantic drama
workPublicationYear 1816

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Bertram; or, The Castle of St. Aldobrand hasSubtitle The Castle of St. Aldobrand