A Sicilian Romance
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A Sicilian Romance is a 1790 Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe that follows the dark secrets and supernatural intrigues surrounding a noble Sicilian family.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic novel
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novel → |
| author |
Ann Radcliffe
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| centralTheme |
appearance versus reality
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family secrets → female virtue and sensibility → imprisonment and confinement → tyranny and oppression → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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| followedBy |
The Romance of the Forest
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| genre |
Gothic fiction
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romance novel → |
| hasAdaptation |
stage adaptations of Gothic romances (19th century, general influence)
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| hasCharacter |
Hippolitus de Vereza
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Madame de Menon → Maria de Vellorno → Marquis of Mazzini → |
| hasMainCharacter |
Emilia Mazzini
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Julia Mazzini → |
| hasPart |
two volumes
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| includedIn |
Radcliffe’s collected works editions
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| influenced |
later Gothic novelists
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| influencedBy |
Clara Reeve
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Horace Walpole → |
| literaryForm |
prose fiction
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| literaryMovement |
Gothic literature
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| motif |
haunted castle
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mysterious disappearances → subterranean passages → supernatural apparitions → |
| narrativePerspective |
third-person narration
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| notableFor |
early development of Radcliffean Gothic
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use of atmospheric landscape description → |
| originalLanguage |
English
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| placeOfPublication |
London
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| precededBy |
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
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| publicationDate |
1790
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| publisher |
T. Hookham
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| settingLocation |
Sicily
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| settingPeriod |
late 16th century
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| styleCharacteristic |
emphasis on sensibility and emotion
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picturesque descriptions → suspenseful plotting → |
| subject |
feigned supernatural events explained rationally
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noble Sicilian family → secret first wife of the Marquis → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
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The Romance of the Forest → |
precededBy |
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne
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followedBy |
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Ann Radcliffe
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notableWork |