Matthew Lewis

The Profile

Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775–1818) was an English novelist and dramatist, best known for the gothic novel The Monk (1796).

Born 1775, died 1818; often referred to as Matthew Gregory Lewis or 'Monk Lewis'; author of the 1796 gothic novel The Monk.

A concise positive appraisal of Matthew Lewis's The Monk (Il Monaco). The review highlights the novel's transgressive, scandalous elements and its critique of Catholic institutions. Considered a major gothic work first published in 1796.