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| - | '''Ann Radcliffe''' ([[July 9]], [[1764]] - [[February 7]], [[1823]]) was an English [[author]], a pioneer of the [[gothic novel]].{{GFDL}} | + | '''Ann Radcliffe''' ([[July 9]], [[1764]] - [[February 7]], [[1823]]) was an English [[author]], a pioneer of the [[gothic novel]]. |
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| + | ==In popular culture== | ||
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| + | [[Paul Féval, père]] used her as his protagonist in the novel ''La Ville Vampire'' (translated as ''[http://www.blackcoatpress.com/vampirecity.htm Vampire City]''). | ||
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| + | In the film ''[[Becoming Jane]]'', she is portrayed by [[Helen McCrory]], in a scene where she meets [[Jane Austen]] and encourages her to embark on a writing career (there is no historical evidence of such a meeting, though as noted Radcliffe's works had clearly influenced Austen's). | ||
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| + | ===Influence on later writers=== | ||
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| + | *[[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.
In popular culture
Paul Féval, père used her as his protagonist in the novel La Ville Vampire (translated as Vampire City).
In the film Becoming Jane, she is portrayed by Helen McCrory, in a scene where she meets Jane Austen and encourages her to embark on a writing career (there is no historical evidence of such a meeting, though as noted Radcliffe's works had clearly influenced Austen's).
Influence on later writers
- 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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