Il romanzo gotico: dalla tradizione europea a Malombra di Fogazzaro

Abstract

The Gothic novel originated in the second half of the eighteenth century in England, but its fame soon reached all of Europe. Based on precise dynamics and settings, the gothic novel is nourished by the occult world, by the fears and primitive impulses of man, in fact fascinating more the reader than the critic. The essay takes up the history and the major protagonists of the genre, such as Walpole, Hoffmann, Lewis, Beckford and others, up to Malombra by Fogazzaro, and other examples of Italian and European literature