The Eighteenth Century Novel in Theory And Practice
The Eighteenth Century Novel in Theory And Practice
Charles Herbert Huffman
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217. IN THEORY AND PRACTICE 101 "You shall now hear how dangerous it is for young women to abandon themselves to their passions, illus- trated by the adventure of a damsel who fell suddenly in love with an unknown knight. " 8 'But is the adventure true? inquired the porteress. 'Every word of it. It happened in Denmark. . , ' ' " 'But before I begin, ' said he, 'it is necessary to in- form you, ladies, that this same Denmark is terribly in- fested by sorcerers, witches, and evil spirits. Every e...lement possesses its appropriate demons The rivers are governed by a fiend called, The Water- King: his province is to agitate the deep, occasion ship- wrecks, and drag the drowning sailors beneath the waves. He wears the appearance of a warrior, and employs himself by luring young virgins into his snare. . . ' "* The Gothic romanticists were in close accord with the tendency of the times to return to the Age of Chivalry, and in many instances they took over bodily the materials stor- ed up in the mediaeval romances.
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