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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... Literary Establishment 6 The Aesthetics of Terror 7 Portrait of the Artist 54 66 82 8 Unrivalled Genius 92 9 Picturesque Tours 108 10 The Mighty Magician 124 11 Behind the Veil 137 12 Horrid Mysteries 152 13 The Gothic Tourist 175 14 ...
... Literary Establishment 6 The Aesthetics of Terror 7 Portrait of the Artist 54 66 82 8 Unrivalled Genius 92 9 Picturesque Tours 108 10 The Mighty Magician 124 11 Behind the Veil 137 12 Horrid Mysteries 152 13 The Gothic Tourist 175 14 ...
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... literary study , but as a ' cultural history ' of a writing woman , and it is organized chronologically rather than thematically . I have preferred not to refer to my subject simply as ' Radcliffe ' throughout ( as would be usual in a ...
... literary study , but as a ' cultural history ' of a writing woman , and it is organized chronologically rather than thematically . I have preferred not to refer to my subject simply as ' Radcliffe ' throughout ( as would be usual in a ...
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... literary history - creator of the female Gothic , best - paid novelist of her generation , most highly praised woman writer of her age - calls for a reading that places her in the context of feminist literary history . Although ...
... literary history - creator of the female Gothic , best - paid novelist of her generation , most highly praised woman writer of her age - calls for a reading that places her in the context of feminist literary history . Although ...
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... 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 curiosity is ...
... 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 curiosity is ...
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... literary history ' . 6 Fame threatened to soil Reputation ; in a tactic to retain both at their highest pitch , ' like an actress in full possession of applauded powers , she chose to retire from the stage in the very blaze of her fame ...
... literary history ' . 6 Fame threatened to soil Reputation ; in a tactic to retain both at their highest pitch , ' like an actress in full possession of applauded powers , she chose to retire from the stage in the very blaze of her fame ...
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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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