Mistress of Udolpho: The Life of Ann RadcliffeBloomsbury 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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... character is laid to rest . Arnaud's speculation upon avuncular incest may be an intriguing line of enquiry , but this standard approach leads him to ignore what modern feminist critics will see as the crucial ' problem ' in Ann ...
... character is laid to rest . Arnaud's speculation upon avuncular incest may be an intriguing line of enquiry , but this standard approach leads him to ignore what modern feminist critics will see as the crucial ' problem ' in Ann ...
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... character . Literary circles at the beginning of the nineteenth century found it intolerable that the most famous writer in England - perhaps even in Europe - should live a completely sequestered life . The result of their unassuaged ...
... character . Literary circles at the beginning of the nineteenth century found it intolerable that the most famous writer in England - perhaps even in Europe - should live a completely sequestered life . The result of their unassuaged ...
第 3 頁
... character ' above ' literary fame ' , but every instance they cite to prove this - such as her acute distress at being accused of claiming to have written Joanna Baillie's Plays of the Passions - demonstrates the paramount importance of ...
... character ' above ' literary fame ' , but every instance they cite to prove this - such as her acute distress at being accused of claiming to have written Joanna Baillie's Plays of the Passions - demonstrates the paramount importance of ...
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... characters is their uniquely aesthetic sensibility . They read books , compose poetry , play music , draw pictures and contemplate the landscape - pausing long enough in their flight from banditti to analyse the affecting contrasts of a ...
... characters is their uniquely aesthetic sensibility . They read books , compose poetry , play music , draw pictures and contemplate the landscape - pausing long enough in their flight from banditti to analyse the affecting contrasts of a ...
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... character'.3 Both sides of her family had their roots in the north of England . Her father William Ward was a Leicestershire man . Her paternal grandmother was the sister of William Cheselden , surgeon to King George II , born in 1688 ...
... character'.3 Both sides of her family had their roots in the north of England . Her father William Ward was a Leicestershire man . Her paternal grandmother was the sister of William Cheselden , surgeon to King George II , born in 1688 ...
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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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