Ann Radcliffe

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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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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 ⓘ

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Horace Walpole → influenced → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Gothic literature → notableAuthor → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Ann Radcliffe → fullName → Ann Radcliffe self-link ⓘ
The Castle of Otranto → influenced → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Matthew Gregory Lewis → influencedBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
The Italian → author → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
A Sicilian Romance → author → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Gaston de Blondeville → author → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
The English Chronicle (via her husband’s editorship) → spouse → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
subject surface form: William Radcliffe
The English Chronicle (via her husband’s editorship) → associatedWith → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
subject surface form: The English Chronicle
The Mysteries of Udolpho → author → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
The Romance of the Forest → author → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Female Gothic → associatedWithAuthor → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
The Monk → influencedBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
William Radcliffe → spouse → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
William Radcliffe → spouseOf → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Radcliffe College → namedAfter → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
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Marchesa di Vivaldi → workAuthor → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Marchesa di Vivaldi → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Father Schedoni → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Father Schedoni → workAuthor → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Julia Mazzini → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
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Marquis of Mazzini → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Hippolitus de Vereza → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
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castle of Dunbayne → createdByAuthor → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
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Madame Montoni → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Monsieur St. Aubert → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Count Morano → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Madame de Menon → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
La Motte → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
the Marquis de Montalt → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
subject surface form: Marquis de Montalt
Ellena di Rosalba → creator → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Adeline → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Adeline → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: English novelist Ann Radcliffe
Adeline → associatedWithAuthor → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ann Radcliffe, a leading Gothic novelist
Madame La Motte → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
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Maria de Vellorno → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ
Emily St. Aubert → createdBy → Ann Radcliffe ⓘ