Ann Radcliffe
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | '''Ann Radcliffe''' ([[July 9]], [[1764]] - [[February 7]], [[1823]]) was an English [[author]], a pioneer of the [[gothic novel]], best-known for ''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]''. [[Sade]] mentioned her work in his literary essay ''[[Reflections on the Novel]]''. |
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| + | ==In popular culture== | ||
| + | ===Influence on later writers=== | ||
| + | *[[Paul Féval, père]] used her as his protagonist in the novel ''Vampire City''. | ||
| + | *[[Jane Austen]] | ||
| + | *[[William Makepeace Thackeray]] | ||
| + | *[[Sir Walter Scott]] | ||
| + | *[[William Wordsworth]] | ||
| + | *[[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] | ||
| + | *[[Percy Bysshe Shelley]] | ||
| + | *[[John Keats]] | ||
| + | *[[George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron|Lord Byron]] | ||
| + | *[[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[Little Dorrit]]'' (1855-7) | ||
| + | *[[Wilkie Collins]]'s ''[[The Woman in White (novel)|The Woman in White]]'' (1860) | ||
| + | *The [[Brontë]]s | ||
| + | **[[Charlotte Brontë]]'s ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' (1847) | ||
| + | *[[Daphne du Maurier]]'s ''[[Rebecca (novel)|Rebecca]]'' (1938) | ||
| + | *[[Witold Gombrowicz]]'s ''Possessed, or The Secret of Myslotch: A Gothic Novel'' (1939) | ||
| + | *[[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story ''[[The Oval Portrait]]'' drew from ''Udolpho'' and mentions Radcliffe by name (somewhat disparagingly) in the introduction. | ||
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| + | ==Publications include== | ||
| + | * ''[[The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne]]'' (1 volume), 1789, gothic novel. ISBN 0-19-282357-4 | ||
| + | * ''[[A Sicilian Romance]]'' (2 vols.) 1790, gothic novel. ISBN 0-19-283666-8 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Romance of the Forest]]'' (3 vols.) 1791, gothic novel. ISBN 0-19-283713-3 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Mysteries of Udolpho]]'' (4 vols.) 1794. ISBN 0-19-282523-2 | ||
| + | * ''[[The Italian (novel)|The Italian]]'' (3 vols.) 1797. ISBN 0-14-043754-1 | ||
| + | * ''[[Gaston de Blondeville]]'' (4 vols.) 1826, reprinted in 2006 by Valancourt Books ISBN 0-9777841-0-X | ||
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Ann Radcliffe (July 9, 1764 - February 7, 1823) was an English author, a pioneer of the gothic novel, best-known for The Mysteries of Udolpho. Sade mentioned her work in his literary essay Reflections on the Novel.
In popular culture
Influence on later writers
- Paul Féval, père used her as his protagonist in the novel Vampire City.
- Jane Austen
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Sir Walter Scott
- William Wordsworth
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- John Keats
- Lord Byron
- Charles Dickens's Little Dorrit (1855-7)
- Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White (1860)
- The Brontës
- Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (1847)
- Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (1938)
- Witold Gombrowicz's Possessed, or The Secret of Myslotch: A Gothic Novel (1939)
- Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Oval Portrait drew from Udolpho and mentions Radcliffe by name (somewhat disparagingly) in the introduction.
Publications include
- The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (1 volume), 1789, gothic novel. ISBN 0-19-282357-4
- A Sicilian Romance (2 vols.) 1790, gothic novel. ISBN 0-19-283666-8
- The Romance of the Forest (3 vols.) 1791, gothic novel. ISBN 0-19-283713-3
- The Mysteries of Udolpho (4 vols.) 1794. ISBN 0-19-282523-2
- The Italian (3 vols.) 1797. ISBN 0-14-043754-1
- Gaston de Blondeville (4 vols.) 1826, reprinted in 2006 by Valancourt Books ISBN 0-9777841-0-X
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