Ann Radcliffe Romanticism And The Gothic

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"This book offers unique and fresh perspectives upon the literary productions of one of the most highly remunerated and widely admired authors of the Romantic period, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823). While drawing upon, consolidating and enriching the critical impulses reflected in Radcliffe scholarship to date, this collection of essays, composed by a range of renowned scholars of the Romantic period, also foregrounds the hitherto understudied aspects of the author's work. Radcliffe's relations to Romantic-era travel writing; the complex political ideologies that lie behind her historiographic endeavours; her poetry and its relation to institutionalised forms of Romanticism; and her literary connections to eighteenth-century women's writing are all examined in this collection. Offering fresh considerations of the well-known Gothic fictions and extending the appreciation of Radcliffe in new critical directions, the collection reappraises Radcliffe's full oeuvre within the wider literary and political contexts of her time"--

subjects: Radcliffe, ann ward, 1764-1823,  English literature, history and criticism, 18th century,  Criticism and interpretation,  Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English,  History and criticism,  Romanticism,  LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Gothic fiction