In the 1890s his literary reputation in England was revived, and his works were reprinted in various editions. Melmoth the Wanderer appeared in 1820, but in the last years of his life his works were neglected, and he died in poverty in 1824. His next plays, Manuel (1817) and Fredolfo (1819) were failures, and Maturin returned to writing novels. A series of other novels followed, and his tragedy Bertram (1816) met with great success when it was produced by Edmund Kean at Drury Lane, after recommendation by Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron.
His first novel, The Fatal Revenge (1807), was published under a pseudonym to protect his reputation as a clergyman.
He took orders and was a curate in Loughrea and Dublin, and also, for a time, worked as a teacher until literary success enabled him to give this up. General Literature Studies Research subject English Literature Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-200378 DOI: 10.1007/978-2-9_27 ISBN: 978-1-2 (electronic) OAI: oai:DiVA.Charles Robert Maturin was born in Dublin in 1782, and educated at Trinity College. Place, publisher, year, edition, pagesPalgrave Macmillan, 2022. By a brief analysis of the phenomenology of the eye, the chapter ends by concluding that Maturin essentially confirms the excess of desire while apparently trying to do the opposite. The textual lacunae of the novel contribute to an implied problematisation of epistemological desire. These can be seen biographically and as part of the Irish historical context, but more importantly, in terms of the fundamentals of the genre, the force mainly emanates from another central paradox: the attraction of the repulsive and voyeurism as an inevitable component of any moralising tale. By more closely analysing the Calvinist theology utilised as the required anti-Catholicism within the genre at the time, it argues that the gothic energy stems from a set of paradoxes and tensions. This chapter looks at Charles Robert Maturin through his major literary achievement Melmoth the Wanderer (1820). 555-571 Chapter in book (Refereed) Abstract 2022 (English) In: The Palgrave Handbook of Gothic Origins / Clive Bloom, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, p.
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