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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第 10 頁
... wife of a journalist , managed to purvey an air of gentility more successfully than most . Her rarefied novels , unlike those of her contemporaries , contain no references to death in childbirth , smallpox or duck and green peas set for ...
... wife of a journalist , managed to purvey an air of gentility more successfully than most . Her rarefied novels , unlike those of her contemporaries , contain no references to death in childbirth , smallpox or duck and green peas set for ...
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... wife Ann , whom he married in 1764 , was the daughter of Revd James Torkington and Lady Dorothy Sherard , daughter ... wife ) was suppressed in William Radcliffe's memoir of his wife : Since Jebb was one of the Unitarians ' main ...
... wife Ann , whom he married in 1764 , was the daughter of Revd James Torkington and Lady Dorothy Sherard , daughter ... wife ) was suppressed in William Radcliffe's memoir of his wife : Since Jebb was one of the Unitarians ' main ...
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... wife's sister's husband Thomas Bentley , of the firm Wedgwood & Bentley , who was an entrepreneur and a successful merchant on the rise . Bentley regularly stayed with his brother - in - law William Ward during his visits to London from ...
... wife's sister's husband Thomas Bentley , of the firm Wedgwood & Bentley , who was an entrepreneur and a successful merchant on the rise . Bentley regularly stayed with his brother - in - law William Ward during his visits to London from ...
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... wife acted as hostess during the regular Wednesday meetings held there , when supper was served on a special service of Wedgwood creamware.15 In November 1769 he and Elizabeth Oates ' settled down handsomely ' at Chelsea , in Little ...
... wife acted as hostess during the regular Wednesday meetings held there , when supper was served on a special service of Wedgwood creamware.15 In November 1769 he and Elizabeth Oates ' settled down handsomely ' at Chelsea , in Little ...
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... wife's two ' chief delights ' were the contemplation of the grander scenes in nature and listening to fine music.21 In February 1772 Wedgwood was negotiating for the purchase of a barrel organ , but Bentley , acting as his factotum ...
... wife's two ' chief delights ' were the contemplation of the grander scenes in nature and listening to fine music.21 In February 1772 Wedgwood was negotiating for the purchase of a barrel organ , but Bentley , acting as his factotum ...
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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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