Clara Reeve

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Clara Reeve was an 18th-century English novelist best known for her Gothic novel "The Old English Baron," which helped shape the early Gothic fiction tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English novelist
Gothic fiction writer
Gothic novel
literary criticism work
novel
novelist
person
author Clara Reeve self-linksurface differs
Clara Reeve self-linksurface differs
birthDate 1729-01-23
birthPlace England
Ipswich
Suffolk NERFINISHED
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship England
surface form: Great Britain
countryOfOrigin Great Britain
deathDate 1807-12-03
describedAs pioneer of the Gothic novel
father William Reeve
gender female
genre Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction
novel
hasWorkInGenre historical fiction
influenced Gothic fiction tradition
influencedBy Horace Walpole
language English
languageOfWorkOrName English
literaryPeriod 18th-century literature
movement Gothic literature
surface form: Gothic fiction

early Gothic novel tradition
name Clara Reeve self-link
nationality English
notableWork The Old English Baron
The Progress of Romance
occupation clergyman
novelist
writer
placeOfDeath England
Ipswich
Suffolk NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1777
1785
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism

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Clara Reeve author Clara Reeve self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: The Old English Baron
Clara Reeve author Clara Reeve self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: The Progress of Romance
A Sicilian Romance influencedBy Clara Reeve
Ann Radcliffe influencedBy Clara Reeve
Clara Reeve name Clara Reeve self-link