 | Caroline Blinder - 2000 - 194 Seiten
...Shall I even confess to you what was the origin of this romance? I waked, one morning . . . from a dream of which all I could recover was that I had...ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled . . . with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic... | |
 | Christopher Christie - 2000 - 374 Seiten
...novel he wrote, The Castle ofOtranto (1765), and reminiscent of a dream he described having in 1764: 'I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very...dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story) ... I saw a gigantic hand in armour'. 1*' Walpole had 'advanced' taste: most owners of houses still... | |
 | Helene Moglen - 2001 - 238 Seiten
...for his fiction was given him in a dream: I waked one morning in the beginning of last June from a dream, of which all I could recover was that I had...an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head like mine filled with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase 1 saw... | |
 | Gustaw Herling-Grudziński - 2003 - 302 Seiten
...creators to be related to a prison? "I waked one morning," wrote Walpole in a letter in 1783, "from a dream of which all I could recover was, that I had...an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head like mine filled with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw... | |
 | Elizabeth Durot-Boucé - 2004 - 292 Seiten
...you, what was the origin of this romance! I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had...great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour^. André Breton voit là la manifestation et la justification de la méthode surréaliste : « La genèse... | |
 | Fred Botting, Dale Townshend - 2004 - 400 Seiten
...exactly what happens in the Walpole vision that seems to provide an origin for The Castle of Otranto: ... I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very...for a head filled like mine with Gothic story) and ... on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 2004 - 148 Seiten
...day, all that Walpole could recall of the dream was that "I had thought myself in an ancient castle. . .and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour." Later that evening, Walpole "sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended... | |
 | James E. Gunn, Matthew Candelaria - 2005 - 404 Seiten
...you, what was the origin of this romance! 1 waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had...mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armor. In the evening I sat down, and began... | |
 | John Wilson Foster - 2006 - 316 Seiten
...origins for his story, which continue to engage the interest of readers and critics: I waked from a dream ... of which all I could recover was, that I...armour. In the evening I sat down and began to write . . . add that I was glad to think of anything rather than politics . . . 3 The turn away from politics... | |
 | Roberta Montemorra Marvin, Downing A. Thomas - 2006 - 302 Seiten
...As he wrote to his friend William Cole, a clergyman and antiquarian: I waked one morning ... from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had...for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat... | |
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I waked one morning, in the beginning of last June, from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story), and that on the uppermost banister... 
