Maturin, Charles Robert, 1782-1824, Irish author. A minister by vocation, he wrote novels in the manner of the Gothic horror tale of Ann Ward
Radcliffe. They include
The Fatal Revenge (1807),
The Milesian Chief (1812), and his masterpiece
Melmoth the Wanderer (1820). He wrote several tragedies, but only
Bertram (1816) was a success.
See study by D. Kramer (1973).
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