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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... visited the seashore with her husband , or when I wish to retain the ambience of propriety attached to her name as a cultural icon . My own overriding project has been to uncover biographical information through traditional research ...
... visited the seashore with her husband , or when I wish to retain the ambience of propriety attached to her name as a cultural icon . My own overriding project has been to uncover biographical information through traditional research ...
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... visited the British Library to search for any documents on more than two occasions , and then only to look at books that friendly colleagues had pointed out to her . Who read the works of the world's first ' popular novelist ' ? Novels ...
... visited the British Library to search for any documents on more than two occasions , and then only to look at books that friendly colleagues had pointed out to her . Who read the works of the world's first ' popular novelist ' ? Novels ...
第 16 頁
... visited . If she stayed with Dr Jebb in Bungay , she would have visited the local tourist attraction , the romantic ruins of Bungay Castle , which might well be the locus Gothicus of her literary imagination . At a later date , Mrs ...
... visited . If she stayed with Dr Jebb in Bungay , she would have visited the local tourist attraction , the romantic ruins of Bungay Castle , which might well be the locus Gothicus of her literary imagination . At a later date , Mrs ...
第 22 頁
... visited her relations . Dr Samuel Jebb had purchased a property in the manor of Walton in 1768 , which was inherited by his other son Joshua Jebb ( the property included an old medieval and Jacobean mansion , Park Hall ) . This second ...
... visited her relations . Dr Samuel Jebb had purchased a property in the manor of Walton in 1768 , which was inherited by his other son Joshua Jebb ( the property included an old medieval and Jacobean mansion , Park Hall ) . This second ...
第 24 頁
... visits to London from Liverpool while he was organizing the London warehouse for Wedgwood's china and famous vases , and he would have known his niece from her first year . Josiah Wedgwood wrote to his brother John in February 1765 that ...
... visits to London from Liverpool while he was organizing the London warehouse for Wedgwood's china and famous vases , and he would have known his niece from her first year . Josiah Wedgwood wrote to his brother John in February 1765 that ...
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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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