Evidence: | ??in Mrs Radcliff?s romances. She was ? an extraordinary female, and her style of writing ? must be allowed to form an era in English romances. Her ignorance was nearly equal to her imagination and that is to say a great deal. Of the modest life on the continent (where scenes of all her romances ? are laid) she knew nothing. With all this, and more, her romances are irresistibly and dangerously delightful? The most extraordinary production of this period was the powerful and wicked romance of The Monk. The spirits raised by the Enchantress of Udolpho, compared to those evoked by Lewis, are like the attendants on Prospero in his enchanted island.? |
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Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Charles Maturin |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1782 |
Socio-economic group: | Clergy (includes all denominations) |
Occupation: | Curate |
Religion: | Christian (Church of England) |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | Ireland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Ann Radcliffe |
Title: | The Mysteries of Udolpho |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | London, 1794 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4105 | |
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Author: | Charles Robert Maturin | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The British Review and London Critical Journal | |
Place of Publication: | n/a | |
Date of Publication: | 1818 | |
Vol: | XI | |
Page: | 49 | |
Additional comments: | Review on the publication of Harrington and Ormond by Maria Edgeworth. |
Citation: | Charles Robert Maturin, The British Review and London Critical Journal (1818), XI, p. 49, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4105, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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