 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...  Fraser's Magazine - Page 971860Full view - About this book
 | Helene Moglen - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 238 pages
...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 thought myself in 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 - Fiction - 2003 - 302 pages
...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 thought myself in 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 - English fiction - 2004 - 292 pages
...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 thought myself in an ancient...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 - Gothic revival (Literature) - 2004 - 400 pages
...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 - Fiction - 2004 - 148 pages
...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 - Education - 2005 - 404 pages
...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 thought myself in an ancient...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 - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 255 pages
...continue to engage the interest of readers and critics: I waked from a dream ... of which all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient...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 - Music - 2006 - 302 pages
...William Cole, a clergyman and antiquarian: I waked one morning ... from a dream, of which, all I could recover was, that I had thought myself in an ancient...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... | |
 | Heidi Strengell - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 324 pages
...idea for Otranto came to Walpole in a dream: "I had thought myself in an ancient castle . . . and ... on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour" (Walpole, vii). In the novel the hand grows into a gigantic statue and the nemesis of the story. Although... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1845 - 236 pages
...March, 1765 : — "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...Gothic story), and that on the uppermost bannister of the great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began to write,... | |
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