Chapter 4

Lewis's methods contrasted with those of Mrs. Radcliffe; his debt to German terror-mongers; _The Monk_; ballads; _The Bravo of Venice_; minor works and translations; Scott's review of Maturin's _Montorio_; the vogue of the tale of terror between Lewis and Maturin; Miss Sarah Wilkinson; the personality of Charles Robert Maturin; his literary career; the complicated plot of _The Family of Montorio_; Maturin's debt to others; his distinguishing gifts revealed in _Montorio_; the influence of _Melmoth the Wanderer_ on French literature; a survey of _Melmoth_; Maturin's achievement as a novelist. Pp. 63-93.