Ann Radcliffe

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English writer Gothic novelist novelist person

Ann Radcliffe was a pioneering 18th-century English novelist renowned for shaping the Gothic genre with her atmospheric, suspenseful tales and psychologically rich heroines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English writer →
Gothic novelist →
novelist →
person →
burialPlace St George’s, Hanover Square, London →
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain →
dateOfBirth 1764-07-09 →
dateOfDeath 1823-02-07 →
describedAs one of the most popular novelists of the 1790s →
pioneer of the Gothic novel →
employer The English Chronicle (via her husband’s editorship) →
ethnicGroup English →
familyName Radcliffe →
fullName Ann Radcliffe self-link →
genre Gothic fiction →
romance →
givenName Ann →
hasNoChildren true →
influenced Bram Stoker →
Edgar Allan Poe →
Gothic novel tradition →
Jane Austen →
Mary Shelley →
Sir Walter Scott →
influencedBy Clara Reeve →
Horace Walpole →
languageOfWorkOrName English →
literaryPeriod 18th century →
early 19th century →
movement Gothic literature →
Romanticism →
notableFor atmospheric descriptions of landscape →
developing the explained supernatural in Gothic fiction →
psychologically complex heroines →
notableWork A Sicilian Romance →
Gaston de Blondeville →
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne →
The Italian →
The Mysteries of Udolpho →
The Romance of the Forest →
occupation novelist →
writer →
placeOfBirth Holborn, London, England →
placeOfDeath London, England →
residence Bath, Somerset, England →
surface form: Bath, England

London, England →
sexOrGender female →
spouse William Radcliffe →
spouseOccupation journalist →
workStyle emphasis on terror rather than horror →

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: The English Chronicle
Female Gothic → associatedWithAuthor → Ann Radcliffe →
A Sicilian Romance → author → Ann Radcliffe →
Gaston de Blondeville → author → Ann Radcliffe →
The Italian → author → Ann Radcliffe →
The Mysteries of Udolpho → author → Ann Radcliffe →
The Romance of the Forest → author → Ann Radcliffe →
Ann Radcliffe → fullName → Ann Radcliffe self-link →
Horace Walpole → influenced → Ann Radcliffe →
The Castle of Otranto → influenced → Ann Radcliffe →
Matthew Gregory Lewis → influencedBy → Ann Radcliffe →
The Monk → influencedBy → Ann Radcliffe →
Gothic literature → notableAuthor → Ann Radcliffe →
subject surface form: William Radcliffe
William Radcliffe → spouse → Ann Radcliffe →
William Radcliffe → spouseOf → Ann Radcliffe →