An edition of An Arabian tale: from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory.
(1786)
Vathek: An Arabian Tale. With Notes, Critical and Explanatory
by William Beckford, Samuel Henley, Richard Garnett , Samuel Henley, Franz Blei, John Beckford, and Giaime Giaime Pintor
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Vathek is one of the earliest and most influential Gothic novels. Its hero is the Caliph Vathek who renounces Islam in a hedonistic quest for supernatural powers, which leads to his downfall. Beckford's genius was in marrying Orientalism with the Gothic, both sources of fascination and delight to reading audiences of the time.
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1836
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R. Bentley
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Fiction, general, French literature, translations into english, Description and travel, Fiction, Inheritance and succession, Classic Literature, Thirty years' war, 1618-1648, Civilization, French literature, Translations into English, English literature, Translations, Fiction, gothic, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Caliphs, French fiction, DatabasesPlaces
Arab countries, Venice (Italy), Europe, Middle EastTimes
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Vathek.: Réimprimé sur l'original français, avec la préf. de Stéphane Mallarmé.
1893, Perrin
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An Arabian tale: from an unpublished manuscript: with notes critical and explanatory
1786, Printed for J. Johnson
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