Arguably the most popular novelist of her day and the mother of
the female Gothic literary tradition, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) has
received varying amounts of critical attention and is now being
recognized for her important contribution to English literature.
This volume recounts what little is known about her life and
provides an extensive bibliographic overview of works by and about
her. Included are annotated entries for editions and translations,
reviews, critical studies of Radcliffe, and adaptations of her
works.
Ann Radcliffe wrote some of the most electrifying and popular
novels of her day. Not only is she one of the most important
Mothers of the novel, she almost singlehandedly developed the
Female Gothic to explore female experience. This form has achieved
almost mythical status.
This volume is an indispensible guide to the life and work of
this pioneering woman novelist. A biography provides new
information on Radcliffe from a source that has been virtually
ignored, the one substantial extant manuscript, her forty-two leaf
commonplace book, which is in deteriorating condition. The
remainder of the book is an extensive annotated bibliography of
works by Radcliffe and critical studies of her writing. Included
are entries for early and modern editions, early reviews, and
bibliographic studies. Two chapters are devoted to 20th-century
critical studies of Radcliffe, in response to the growing amount of
material being written about her. Appendices record her artistic
legacy as presented in adaptations, imitations, parodies, and
abridgments; and the volume includes a list of works falsely
attributed to her.
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