Ann Radcliffe (born Ann Ward, 9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English author and pioneer of Gothic fiction. Her technique of explaining apparently supernatural elements in her novels has been credited with gaining Gothic fiction respectability in the 1790s. Radcliffe was the most popular writer of her day and almost universally admired; contemporary critics called her the mighty enchantress and the Shakespeare of romance-writers, and her popularity continued through the 19th century. Interest has revived in the early 21st century, with the publication of paperback reprints and three biographies.
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English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel (1764–1823)
| Born | 9 Jul 1764 |
| Died | 7 Feb 1823 |
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Ann Radcliffe
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English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel (1764–1823)
| Born | 9 Jul 1764 |
| Died | 7 Feb 1823 |
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Fiction, Fiction, gothic, Italy, fiction, History, Fiction, horror, Inquisition, Monks, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Kidnapping, Description and travel, Early works to 1800, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Sicily (italy), fiction, Young women, fiction, Castles, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, romance, general, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Guardian and ward, Inheritance and succession, Long now manual for civilization, Orphans, Scotland, fiction, Young women, ClansPlaces
Great Britain, Europe, Italy, Highlands (Scotland), Lake District (England), Naples (Italy), Scotland, Sicily (Italy), Germany, Jefferson, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Netherlands, New England, Northern England, Salem Village, Scicily, Yoknapatawpha CountyPeople
Ann Ward Radcliffe (1764-1823), Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), Colonel Sartoris, Devil, Emily Grierson, Ethelred, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Homer Barron, Madeline Usher, Mr. Grierson, Roderick Usher, TobeTime
Henry III, 1216-1272, 1057-1603, 18th century, Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485, 1600s, 19th century, Antebellum eraID Numbers
- OLID: OL54732A
- ISNI: 0000000110674293
- VIAF: 64010774
- Wikidata: Q231944
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q231944
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- Ann (Ward) Radcliffe
- Mary Ann Radcliffe
- Ann Ward Radcliffe
- A. N. N. ANN RADCLIFFE
- Anne Radcliffe
- Ann Ann Radcliffe
- Ann Ward 1764-1823 Radcliffe
- A Radcliffe
- ANN RADCLIFFE
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