Mistress of Udolpho: The Life of Ann Radcliffe

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Bloomsbury Publishing, 1999年5月1日 - 307 頁
This is the biography of the Gothic novelist, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), author of "The Mysteries of Udolpho", the world's first
"best seller". The text clarifies Radcliffe's emergence from a Dissenting Unitarian, rather than a conventional Anglican, background. This places Radcliffe within the circle of other women writers nurtured in radical Dissenting backgrounds (such as Wollstonecraft, Hays, Inchbauld and Barbauld). Radcliffe's childhood and family background are documented and the rumours of her madness and reclusiveness investigated leading to an evaluation of the resons for her probable mental breakdown. The text constitutes a "cultural history" of a writing woman, demonstrating her place within radical culture, literary tradition and aesthetic discourse, and examining her role in the rise of the professional woman writer. Her novels are analyzed mainly in the context of her biography and sources.

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1 The Great Enchantress
1
2 Dissent versus Decorum
13
3 Taste versus Trade
26
4 Miss Nancy
41
5 A Literary Establishment
54
6 The Aesthetics of Terror
66
7 Portrait of the Artist
82
8 Unrivalled Genius
92
12 Horrid Mysteries
152
13 The Gothic Tourist
175
14 Olden Times
192
15 Construction of the Legend
203
16 Sequestered at Windsor
219
17 The Final Years
234
18 Mother Radcliffe
250
Notes
260

9 Picturesque Tours
108
10 The Mighty Magician
124
11 Behind the Veil
137
Bibliography
288
Index
302
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Rictor Norton is an American writer on literary and cultural history, particularly gay history.

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