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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Charles_MaturinCharles Maturin - Wikipedia

    Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C. R. Maturin (25 September 1780 – 30 October 1824), was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained in the Church of Ireland) and a writer of Gothic plays and novels. His best known work is the novel Melmoth the Wanderer, published in 1820.

    • 30 October 1824 (aged 44), Dublin
    • 25 September 1780, Dublin

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  3. www.britannica.com › biography › Charles-Robert-MaturinCharles Robert Maturin | Gothic Novelist, Horror Fiction ...

    Mar 26, 2024 · Charles Robert Maturin (born Sept. 25, 1782, Dublin, Ire.—died Oct. 30, 1824, Dublin) was an Irish clergyman, dramatist, and author of Gothic romances. He has been called “the last of the Goths,” as his best known work, Melmoth the Wanderer (1820), is considered the last of the classic English Gothic romances.

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    CHARLES ROBERT MATURIN. (1780 - 1824) (Also wrote under the pseudonym Dennis Jasper Murphy) Irish novelist and playwright. Maturin is remembered primarily for his novel Melmoth the Wanderer (1820), which is considered among the finest examples of Gothic fiction in the English language.

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Melmoth_the_WandererMelmoth the Wanderer - Wikipedia

    Melmoth the Wanderer is an 1820 Gothic novel by Irish playwright, novelist and clergyman Charles Maturin. The novel's titular character is a scholar who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for 150 extra years of life, and searches the world for someone who will take over the pact for him, in a manner reminiscent of the Wandering Jew .

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    • 1820 (in four volumes)

  7. www.theguardian.com › books › booksblogMelmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin – a gothic matryoshka

    Dec 23, 2015 · Melmoth the Wanderer opens with a student, John Melmoth, leaving college to attend to his uncle’s deathbed in a house on a clifftop by the coast. John sees a painting of a distant relative on ...

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    October 30, 1824. Genre. Fiction, Horror, Mystery. Influences. Luis Belmonte Bermudez, Homer, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, William S. ...more. edit data. Charles Robert Maturin was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained by the Church of Ireland) and a writer of gothic plays and novels.

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    Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C.R. Maturin, was a Irish clergyman and writer. He struggled throughout his life to make a living from his writing, especially once his work got him barred from advancement in the church, and he earned praise and as well as censure from the biggest literary names of his day.

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