Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now
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AHRC-funded project into the life and works of Gothic trailblazer, Ann Radcliffe 🦇🩸
Forthcoming edition of her works from Cambridge University Press 📚
Forthcoming edition of her works from Cambridge University Press 📚
From Radcliffe's 'The Romance of the Forest' ✨🌳
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
From Radcliffe's 'The Romance of the Forest' ✨🌳
Missed it the first time? See Professor Michael Gamer's excellent lecture, 'Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture', this December at Keats House, London ✨Get your FREE tickets 👇 and please share!
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October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Missed it the first time? See Professor Michael Gamer's excellent lecture, 'Ann Radcliffe and Romantic Culture', this December at Keats House, London ✨Get your FREE tickets 👇 and please share!
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Looking to indulge in some Gothic poetry this spooky season? Radcliffe's 'St. Alban's Abbey, A Metrical Tale' is a great place to start 🕯️
October 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Looking to indulge in some Gothic poetry this spooky season? Radcliffe's 'St. Alban's Abbey, A Metrical Tale' is a great place to start 🕯️
Have you read Radcliffe's posthumous novel, 'Gaston de Blondeville'? 👻
July 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Have you read Radcliffe's posthumous novel, 'Gaston de Blondeville'? 👻
Do you think Radcliffe's writing contains 'the softer graces of a Claude' Lorrain painting, as Nathan Drake supposed in 1798?
🎨 Claude Lorrain, 'Le Berger'
🎨 Claude Lorrain, 'Le Berger'
June 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Do you think Radcliffe's writing contains 'the softer graces of a Claude' Lorrain painting, as Nathan Drake supposed in 1798?
🎨 Claude Lorrain, 'Le Berger'
🎨 Claude Lorrain, 'Le Berger'
👻From 'A Sicilian Romance'👻
June 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
👻From 'A Sicilian Romance'👻
A huge thank you to everyone who came to Dr. Deborah Russell's fantastic lecture, 'Ann Radcliffe and Women's Gothic Writing'. We really hope you enjoyed it, and be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the next one...
May 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A huge thank you to everyone who came to Dr. Deborah Russell's fantastic lecture, 'Ann Radcliffe and Women's Gothic Writing'. We really hope you enjoyed it, and be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the next one...
'Adeline gazed with an emotion the most sublime, on the boundless expanse of waters that spread on all sides: she seemed as if launched into a new world: the grandeur and immensity of the view astonished and overpowered her'
- from 'The Romance of the Forest' 🧡🌳
- from 'The Romance of the Forest' 🧡🌳
April 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
'Adeline gazed with an emotion the most sublime, on the boundless expanse of waters that spread on all sides: she seemed as if launched into a new world: the grandeur and immensity of the view astonished and overpowered her'
- from 'The Romance of the Forest' 🧡🌳
- from 'The Romance of the Forest' 🧡🌳
This is going to be a fantastic lecture, be sure to snap up your tickets ASAP! And please share widely ✨
April 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
This is going to be a fantastic lecture, be sure to snap up your tickets ASAP! And please share widely ✨
Vivaldi is imprisoned by the Inquisition 🗡️
'Having entered one of the passages, Vivaldi perceived a person clothed in black, and who bore a lighted taper, crossing silently in the remote perspective; and he understood too well from his habit, that he was a member of this dreadful tribunal.'
'Having entered one of the passages, Vivaldi perceived a person clothed in black, and who bore a lighted taper, crossing silently in the remote perspective; and he understood too well from his habit, that he was a member of this dreadful tribunal.'
March 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Vivaldi is imprisoned by the Inquisition 🗡️
'Having entered one of the passages, Vivaldi perceived a person clothed in black, and who bore a lighted taper, crossing silently in the remote perspective; and he understood too well from his habit, that he was a member of this dreadful tribunal.'
'Having entered one of the passages, Vivaldi perceived a person clothed in black, and who bore a lighted taper, crossing silently in the remote perspective; and he understood too well from his habit, that he was a member of this dreadful tribunal.'
‘He had a dagger concealed beneath his Monk's habit; as he had also an assassin's heart shrouded by his garments.’ 🗡️🗡️🗡️
February 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
‘He had a dagger concealed beneath his Monk's habit; as he had also an assassin's heart shrouded by his garments.’ 🗡️🗡️🗡️
Write for us! We'd love to hear your thoughts on Radcliffe. DM for more information ✨ and please re-share!
February 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Write for us! We'd love to hear your thoughts on Radcliffe. DM for more information ✨ and please re-share!
A 19th century writer exploring a spooky Gothic abbey at midnight and not immediately thinking of Radcliffe? Impossible!
February 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A 19th century writer exploring a spooky Gothic abbey at midnight and not immediately thinking of Radcliffe? Impossible!
'She had watched the rays retiring from the highest points of the horizon, [...] till, the sun having sunk into the waves, all colouring was withdrawn, except an empurpling and reposing hue, which overspread the waters and the heavens, and blended in soft confusion every feature of the landscape.'
February 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
'She had watched the rays retiring from the highest points of the horizon, [...] till, the sun having sunk into the waves, all colouring was withdrawn, except an empurpling and reposing hue, which overspread the waters and the heavens, and blended in soft confusion every feature of the landscape.'
We love a good old-fashioned hidden chamber door 🚪
(From 'The Romance of the Forest')
(From 'The Romance of the Forest')
January 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We love a good old-fashioned hidden chamber door 🚪
(From 'The Romance of the Forest')
(From 'The Romance of the Forest')
A c.1794 illustration for 'The Mysteries of Udolpho', by Anna Potocka 🌲🔥
January 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A c.1794 illustration for 'The Mysteries of Udolpho', by Anna Potocka 🌲🔥
A very productive and enjoyable Radcliffe editorial meeting weekend was had by all 🎄📚
January 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A very productive and enjoyable Radcliffe editorial meeting weekend was had by all 🎄📚
There was no bad luck for Team Radcliffe on Friday 13th! Professor Michael Gamer delivered a fantastic (and very well-attended) lecture to an enthusiastic audience at Mappin Hall.
January 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There was no bad luck for Team Radcliffe on Friday 13th! Professor Michael Gamer delivered a fantastic (and very well-attended) lecture to an enthusiastic audience at Mappin Hall.
With the nights drawing in, what better time to get your free tickets...
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January 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
With the nights drawing in, what better time to get your free tickets...
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'As these reflections passed over her mind, a sudden gleam of moonlight fell upon some object without the casement. Being now sufficiently composed to wish to pursue the inquiry, and believing this object might afford her some means of learning the situation of these rooms,
January 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
'As these reflections passed over her mind, a sudden gleam of moonlight fell upon some object without the casement. Being now sufficiently composed to wish to pursue the inquiry, and believing this object might afford her some means of learning the situation of these rooms,
Ann Radcliffe and her 'trashy' novels ✨#gothic #Literature
January 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Ann Radcliffe and her 'trashy' novels ✨#gothic #Literature
An 1880 article made passing reference to 'Mrs. Radcliffe, the Robespierre of that age of literary terror’ - a fair comparison? 🩸
January 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
An 1880 article made passing reference to 'Mrs. Radcliffe, the Robespierre of that age of literary terror’ - a fair comparison? 🩸
Researching Radcliffe's Victorian reception in the press can yield surprising results. A brief mention of 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' crops up amongst lonely hearts ads from 1870, like this 👇'engine-driver preferred
January 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Researching Radcliffe's Victorian reception in the press can yield surprising results. A brief mention of 'The Mysteries of Udolpho' crops up amongst lonely hearts ads from 1870, like this 👇'engine-driver preferred
From an 1852 article on 'Female Novelists' 📖 very much in praise of Austen, none too happy with Radcliffe, and even less happy with literature of the 'maudlin clique' AKA 'the spring-tide of fluent nonsense' published by the Minerva Press
January 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
From an 1852 article on 'Female Novelists' 📖 very much in praise of Austen, none too happy with Radcliffe, and even less happy with literature of the 'maudlin clique' AKA 'the spring-tide of fluent nonsense' published by the Minerva Press
Radcliffe's iconic description of the Castle of Udolpho, 'Silent, lonely and sublime' 🏰 taken from a beautiful first edition of the novel 🪶
January 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Radcliffe's iconic description of the Castle of Udolpho, 'Silent, lonely and sublime' 🏰 taken from a beautiful first edition of the novel 🪶