Ann Radcliffe, Romanticism and the Gothic /

"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 t...

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Other Authors:	Townshend, Dale (Editor), Wright, Angela, 1969 May 14- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Radcliffe, Ann, > 1764-1823 > Criticism and interpretation. Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English > History and criticism. Romanticism > Great Britain. Radcliffe, Ann, > 1764-1823. Criticism and interpretation. Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English. Romanticism. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Summary:	"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"--