Intertextual Inclusions in Charles Maturin’s Novel “Melmoth the Wanderer”

The article examines Charles Robert Maturin’s novel “Melmoth the Wanderer”. choice of this work is dictated by its undeniable significance for literature as a whole, on one hand, and insufficient study novel’s text from textual, particularly intertextual perspective, other. In study, relationships are divided type functional characteristics into intercontextual. first relationship serves referential function, while second meaning-forming function. Both have common units: allusions, quotes, etc. With such division in mind, an attempt made to recognize analyze prospective retrospective inclusions encountered Maturin's novel. these based fact that contexts layered top well-known significant works European literature, including Russian literature: “The Monk” M. Lewis, “Faust” J. Goethe, “Eugene Onegin” A. S. Pushkin, others. This research approach allows us speak polyinterpretability Wanderer” view it through prism created both before after publication.