Charles Robert Maturin
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Charles Robert Maturin , 1782-1824, Irish author. A minister by vocation, he wrote novels in the manner of the Gothic horror tale of Ann Ward Radcliffe . They include The Fatal Revenge (1807), The Milesian Chief (1812), and his masterpiece Melmoth the Wanderer (1820). He wrote several tragedies, but only Bertram (1816) was a success.
Bibliography: See study by D. Kramer (1973).
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