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Melmoth the Wanderer

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Melmoth the Wanderer is an 1820 Gothic novel by Irish playwright, novelist and clergyman Charles Maturin. [1]

68 relations: Alexander Pushkin, Anne Rice, Anthony Trollope, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Castaway, Catholic Church, Charles Maturin, Deal with the Devil, Dom Juan, Donald Wandrei, Dublin, Eugene Onegin, Fanshawe (novel), Frankenstein, Frankenstein (DC Comics), Garrison Melmoth, Gary William Crawford, George Melly, Goethe's Faust, Gothic fiction, Grant Morrison, H. P. Lovecraft, Honoré de Balzac, Humber Limited, In God We Tru$t, Indian Ocean, Ithell Colquhoun, Jack Sullivan (literary scholar), Jason Colavito, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Banville, Karl Edward Wagner, Leonie Swann, Lilliput (magazine), Lolita, Lord Byron, Madrid, Manfred, Marty Feldman, Maurice Richardson, Memnoch the Devil, Michael Moorcock, Midsomer Murders, Molière, MonkeyBrain Books, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Novel, Oscar Wilde, Parricide, Peter Boyle, ..., Peter Garrison, Protestantism, Roman Polanski, Saint Sebastian, Seven Soldiers, Supernatural Horror in Literature, Surrealism, The Book of Evidence, The Club Dumas, The Ninth Gate, The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, Thomas M. Disch, Twilight Zone literature, Undead, Vladimir Nabokov, Walter Raleigh (professor), Wandering Jew, Yorkshire. Expand index (18 more) »

Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (a) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic eraBasker, Michael.

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Anne Rice

Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941) is an American author of gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotica.

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Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope (24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era.

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Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951 in Cartagena) is a Spanish novelist and journalist.

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Castaway

A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Charles Maturin

Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C. R. Maturin (25 September 1782 – 30 October 1824), was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained in the Church of Ireland) and a writer of Gothic plays and novels.

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Deal with the Devil

A deal with the devil (also known as compact or pact with the devil) is a cultural motif, best exemplified by the legend of Faust and the figure of Mephistopheles, but elemental to many Christian traditions.

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Dom Juan

Dom Juan or The Feast with the Statue (French: Dom Juan ou le Festin de pierre or simply Le Festin de pierre) is a French play, a comedy in five acts, written by Molière, and based on the legend of Don Juan.

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Donald Wandrei

Donald Albert Wandrei (April 20, 1908 – October 15, 1987).

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Eugene Onegin

Eugene Onegin (pre-reform Russian: Евгеній Онѣгинъ; post-reform r) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin.

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Fanshawe (novel)

Fanshawe is a novel written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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Frankenstein

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

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Frankenstein (DC Comics)

Frankenstein is a fictional DC Comics character based on the Frankenstein's monster character created by Mary Shelley.

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Garrison Melmoth

The Garrison Melmoth was an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and built by Peter Garrison.

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Gary William Crawford

Gary William Crawford (born 1953) is an American writer and small press publisher.

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George Melly

Alan George Heywood Melly (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer.

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Goethe's Faust

Faust is a tragic play in two parts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually known in English as Faust, Part One and Faust, Part Two.

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Gothic fiction

Gothic fiction, which is largely known by the subgenre of Gothic horror, is a genre or mode of literature and film that combines fiction and horror, death, and at times romance.

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Grant Morrison

Grant Morrison, MBE (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, and playwright.

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H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction.

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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac (born Honoré Balzac, 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright.

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Humber Limited

Humber Limited was a British manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles and motor vehicles incorporated and listed on the stock exchange in 1887.

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In God We Tru$t

In God We Tru$t is a comedy film starring Marty Feldman, Andy Kaufman, Louise Lasser and Peter Boyle.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).

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Ithell Colquhoun

Ithell Colquhoun (9 October 1906 – 11 April 1988) was a British painter, occultist, and author.

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Jack Sullivan (literary scholar)

Jack Sullivan (born November 26, 1946) is an American literary scholar, professor, essayist, author, editor, musicologist, concert annotator, and short story writer.

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Jason Colavito

Jason Colavito (born 1981) is an American author.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer and statesman.

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John Banville

William John Banville (born 8 December 1945), who sometimes writes as Benjamin Black, is an Irish novelist, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter.

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Karl Edward Wagner

Karl Edward Wagner (12 December 1945 – 14 October 1994) was an American writer, poet, editor and publisher of horror, science fiction, and heroic fantasy, who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and originally trained as a psychiatrist.

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Leonie Swann

Leonie Swann (b. 1975 Dachau near Munich, Germany) is the nom de plume of a German crime writer.

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Lilliput (magazine)

Lilliput was a small-format British monthly magazine of humour, short stories, photographs and the arts, founded in 1937 by the photojournalist Stefan Lorant.

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Lolita

Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian American novelist Vladimir Nabokov.

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Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known as Lord Byron, was an English nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement.

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain and the largest municipality in both the Community of Madrid and Spain as a whole.

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Manfred

Manfred: A dramatic poem is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron.

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Marty Feldman

Martin Alan "Marty" Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was a British comedy writer, comedian, and actor, known for his prominent, misaligned eyes.

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Maurice Richardson

Maurice Richardson (1907–1978) was an English journalist and short story writer.

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Memnoch the Devil

Memnoch the Devil (1995) is a horror novel by American writer Anne Rice, the fifth in her Vampire Chronicles series, following The Tale of the Body Thief.

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Michael Moorcock

Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English writer and musician, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published literary novels.

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997.

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Molière

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière (15 January 162217 February 1673), was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature.

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MonkeyBrain Books

MonkeyBrain Books (MonkeyBrain, Inc.) is an independent American publishing house based in Austin, Texas, specialising in books comprising both new content and reprinting online, international, or out-of-print content, which show "an academic interest," but which "reach a popular audience as well.". Accessed on the 21st January, 2008.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.

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Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.

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Parricide

Parricide (parricida, killer of parents or another close relative) is defined as.

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Peter Boyle

Peter Lawrence Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor.

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Peter Garrison

Peter Garrison is an American journalist and amateur aircraft designer/builder.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Roman Polanski

Rajmund Roman Thierry Polański (born 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, writer, and actor.

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Saint Sebastian

Saint Sebastian (died) was an early Christian saint and martyr.

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Seven Soldiers

Seven Soldiers is a comic book metaseries written by Grant Morrison and published by DC Comics.

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Supernatural Horror in Literature

"Supernatural Horror in Literature" is a long essay by the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft surveying the topic of horror fiction.

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Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.

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The Book of Evidence

The Book of Evidence is a 1989 novel by the Irish writer John Banville.

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The Club Dumas

The Club Dumas (original Spanish title El Club Dumas) is a 1993 novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

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The Ninth Gate

The Ninth Gate is a 1999 mystery thriller film directed, produced, and co-written by Roman Polanski.

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The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural

The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural is a reference work on horror fiction in the arts, edited by Jack Sullivan.

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Thomas M. Disch

Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet.

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Twilight Zone literature

Twilight Zone literature is an umbrella term for the many books and comic books which concern or adapt The Twilight Zone television series.

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Undead

The undead are beings in mythology, legend, or fiction that are deceased but behave as if they were alive.

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Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Набо́ков, also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin; 2 July 1977) was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator and entomologist.

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Walter Raleigh (professor)

Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (5 September 1861 – 13 May 1922) was an English scholar, poet, and author.

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Wandering Jew

The Wandering Jew is a mythical immortal man whose legend began to spread in Europe in the 13th century.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melmoth_the_Wanderer

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