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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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

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Horace Walpole influenced Ann Radcliffe
Gothic literature notableAuthor Ann Radcliffe
Ann Radcliffe fullName Ann Radcliffe self-link
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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
Schedoni workAuthor Ann Radcliffe
Schedoni createdBy Ann Radcliffe
Marchesa di Vivaldi workAuthor Ann Radcliffe
Marchesa di Vivaldi createdBy Ann Radcliffe
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Marquis of Mazzini createdBy Ann Radcliffe
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castle of Athlin creator Ann Radcliffe
castle of Dunbayne createdByAuthor Ann Radcliffe
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Montoni createdBy Ann Radcliffe
Madame Montoni createdBy Ann Radcliffe
Monsieur St. Aubert createdBy Ann Radcliffe
Count Morano createdBy Ann Radcliffe
Madame de Menon createdBy Ann Radcliffe
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the Marquis de Montalt createdBy Ann Radcliffe
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Ellena di Rosalba creator Ann Radcliffe
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this entity surface form: English novelist Ann Radcliffe
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this entity surface form: Ann Radcliffe, a leading Gothic novelist
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