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Ann Radcliffe

Not to be confused with the 17th-century benefactor of Harvard, Anne (Radcliffe) Mowlson.

Ann Radcliffe
BornAnn Ward
(1764-07-09)9 July 1764
Holborn, London, England
Died7 February 1823(1823-02-07) (aged 58)
London, England
OccupationNovelist
GenreGothic

Ann Radcliffe (née Ward; 9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English novelist, a pioneer of Gothic fiction, and a minor poet. Her technique of explaining apparently supernatural elements in her novels has been credited with gaining respectability for Gothic fiction in the 1790s.[1] 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.[2] Interest in Radcliffe and her work has revived in the early 21st century, with the publication of three biographies.[3]

  1. ^ The British Library Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Ann Radcliffe".
  3. ^ Chawton House Library: Ruth Facer, "Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823)", retrieved 1 December 2012.

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