Mistress of Udolpho : The Life of Ann Radcliffe
Rictor. Norton
Bok Engelsk 1999 · Electronic books.
Utgitt | London : : Continuum International Publishing, , 1999.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (328 p.)
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Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 The Great Enchantress; 2 Dissent versus Decorum; 3 Taste versus Trade; 4 Miss Nancy; 5 A Literary Establishment; 6 The Aesthetics of Terror; 7 Portrait of the Artist; 8 Unrivalled Genius; 9 Picturesque Tours; 10 The Mighty Magician; 11 Behind the Veil; 12 Horrid Mysteries; 13 The Gothic Tourist; 14 Olden Times; 15 Construction of the Legend; 16 Sequestered at Windsor; 17 The Final Years; 18 Mother Radcliffe; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - 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 pro
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ISBN | 0718502019. - 0718502027
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