She discusses the vampire prior to the 19th century and how Irish folklore fits into global stories, followed by background on Gothic and Irish literature, then discussion of Maturin's
Melmoth the Wanderer, Le Fanu's Uncle Silas, and Stoker's Dracula, including the impact of their personal lives and identities on their work.
Fiennes represents a hysterical mob--worthy of eighteenth-century Gothic novels such as Matthew Lewis' The Monk (1796) and Charles Robert Maturin's
Melmoth the Wanderer (1820)-a mob that is not governed by judicial process or rational reflections.
By pointing out how Gothic texts equate monstrosity and the unspeakable with early figurations of homosexuality, Cooper does an excellent job of tracing the 'pathological reproduction[s]' (63) associated with homosexuality by close readings of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Charles Maturin's
Melmoth the Wanderer, J.
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Melmoth The Wanderer. A choir practice is hijacked with hilarious consequences.
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Further, the Big Telly Theatre Company's 2012 production and tour of a dramatic adaptation of
Melmoth the Wanderer points to Maturin's nascent popular appeal.
The work presents a discussion of Maturin's major works including The Wild Irish Boy, The Milesian Chief and his most famous work
Melmoth the Wanderer. Chapters address thematic issues such as gender and agency, romanticism, religiosity, and political upheaval.
The second section, "Gothic Sexualities," discusses methods of reproduction (asexual, vampiric, etc.) as they differ from the heterosexual norm, focusing especially on Maturin's
Melmoth the Wanderer (1820), Le Fanu's Carmilla (1872), Stevenson's Dr.