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9781843910299. OCLC. 50614788. Zastrozzi: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Percy Bysshe Shelley first published in 1810 in London by George Wilkie and John Robinson anonymously, with only the initials of the author's name, as "by P.B.S.".
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- 1810
Zastrozzi, The Master of Discipline is a play by Canadian playwright George F. Walker, first produced at Toronto Free Theatre in 1977. It is loosely based upon the 1810 novel Zastrozzi: A Romance by Percy Bysshe Shelley .
Sep 23, 2021 · a Gothic novel published in 1810. The first of Shelley's early Gothic novels, it outlines his atheistic worldview through the villain Zastrozzi and touches upon his earliest thoughts on irresponsible self-indulgence and violent revenge.
Torn from the society of all he held dear on earth, the victim of secret enemies, and exiled from happiness, was the wretched Verezzi! All was quiet; a pitchy darkness involved the face of things, when, urged by fiercest revenge, placed himself at the door of the inn where, undisturbed, Verezzi slept.
Shelley's vivid love story dramatises the misplaced passion between Matilda, Contessa di Laurentinini, Verezzi, the object of her crazed desire, and Matilda's murderous accomplice, the mysterious Zastrozzi.
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Jan 1, 1977 · Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline by George F. Walker was first performed in 1977 in Toronto. The tragicomedy is loosely based on Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1810 Gothic horror novel Zastrozzi, A Romance. The theme of the play is revenge. Zastrozzi, a criminal, seeks to avenge the murder of his mother by Verezzi, a quixotic and ...
Aug 14, 2019 · Zastrozzi : the master of discipline : a melodrama. by. Walker, George F., 1947-. Publication date. 1979. Publisher. Toronto : Playwrights Co-op. Collection. trent_university; internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
