ENGL-2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nightwood, Nepenthe

24 views2 pages

30 Apr 2018

School

Department

Course

Professor

For unlimited access to Class Notes, a Class+ subscription is required.

Gothic lit 8

- Born in providence

- Sick child, mental illnesses

- Both parents had nervous brakdowns

- His marriage fell apart

- Published poems but did not get publication until after he died

The outsider

- uhappy is he ho the eories of hildhood rig oly fear ad sadess (loeraft

505)

- for although epethe has aled e, I ko alays that I a a outsider; a strager

in this century and among those who are still men. This I have known ever since I

stretched out my fingers to the abomination within that great gilded frame; stretched

out y figers ad touhed a old ad uyieldig surfae of polished glass (loeraft

509)

- Protagonist is actually dead and wants to see moon, walks out of tower

Nightwood

La somnambue

- Begins dr oconnor

- He spends most of his time at café de la mairie

find more resources at oneclass.com

Unlock document

This preview shows half of the first page of the document.
Unlock all 2 pages and 3 million more documents.

Already have an account? Log in

Get access