Vathek
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[United States] : Xist Publishing, 2015.
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1 online resource (103 pages)
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Valthek by William Beckford is a gothic novel and fictionalized account of the Caliph Al Wathiq. This novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek, who renounces Islam and engages in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers. At the end of the novel, instead of attaining these powers, Vathek descends into a hell ruled by the demon Eblis where he is doomed to wander endlessly and speechlessly.
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9781623958695, 1623958695
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Valthek by William Beckford is a gothic novel and fictionalized account of the Caliph Al Wathiq. This novel chronicles the fall from power of the Caliph Vathek, who renounces Islam and engages in a series of licentious and deplorable activities designed to gain him supernatural powers. At the end of the novel, instead of attaining these powers, Vathek descends into a hell ruled by the demon Eblis where he is doomed to wander endlessly and speechlessly.
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Beckford, W. (2015). Vathek. Xist Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Beckford, William. 2015. Vathek. Xist Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Beckford, William, Vathek. Xist Publishing, 2015.
MLA Citation (style guide)Beckford, William. Vathek. Xist Publishing, 2015.
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