Чарлз Р. Метьюрин — библиография

Created by an Irish clergyman, Melmoth is one of the most fiendish characters in literature. In a satanic bargain, Melmoth exchanges his soul for immortality. The story of his tortured wanderings through the centuries is pieced together through those who have been implored by Melmoth to take over his pact with the devil. Influenced by the Gothic romances of the late 18th century, Maturin's diabolic tale raised the genre to a new and macabre pitch. Its many admirers include Poe, Balzac, Oscar Wilde and Baudelaire.

The Penguin English Library Edition of Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin 'My hour is come ... the clock of eternity is about to strike, but its knell must be unheard by mortal ears!' This violent, profound, baroque and blackly humorous novel is the story of Melmoth, who has sold his soul in exchange for immortality in a satanic bargain, and now preys on the helpless in their darkest moments, offering to ease their suffering if they will take his place and release him from his centuries of tortured wanderings. Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) blended Gothic fiction and psychological realism to create a work of hallucinatory power. The…

"Мельмот Скиталец" имел в мировой литературе яркую, в чем-то гипнотическую судьбу. Герой романа Метьюрина унаследовал "байронические" черты Чайльд Гарольда, с его романтической разочарованностью, и приметы персонажей готических романов: таинственность, налет мистики, отмеченность печатью довлеющего над ним Рока. "Мельмот Скиталец" породил огромную "мельмотическую" традицию, растянувшуюся до конца XIX века. Среди его последователей Булвер-Литтон и Стивенсон, Теккерей и Уайльд (кстати, внучатый племянник Метьюрина), Готорн и По, де Виньи и Гюго, Бальзак и Бодлер. Все пушкинское окружение бредило Мельмотом, и сам Пушкин в восьмой главе…