Ernest Maltravers (novel) explained

Ernest Maltravers
Author:	Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	Gothic
Publisher:	Saunders and Otley
Release Date:	1837
Media Type:	Print

Ernest Maltravers is an 1837 novel by the British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, originally published in three volumes. It is Gothic in style, and features a protagonist combining "Byronic stature and Coleridgean philosophical ambition".^[1] It was followed by a sequel Alice.^[2]

The following year it was adapted into a stage play of the same title by Louisa Medina, which first appeared on 28 March 1838 at the National Theatre in New York City.^[3]

Film versions

In 1914 it was adapted into an American short silent film Ernest Maltravers directed by Travers Vale. A further silent film, the British feature-length Ernest Maltravers was released in 1920, directed by Jack Denton and starring Lillian Hall-Davis.^[4]

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Graham, Sarah (ed.) A History of the Bildungsroman. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
• Mulvey-Roberts, Marie (ed.)The Handbook to Gothic Literature. NYU Press, 1998.
• Rodríguez, Miriam López & María Dolores Narbona Carrión (ed.) Women's Contribution to Nineteenth-century American Theatre. Universitat de València, 28 Nov 2011.

Notes and References

1. Mulvey-Roberts p.34
2. Graham p.63
3. Women's Contribution to Nineteenth-century American Theatre p.36
4. Goble p.296