| Evidence: | ?Walpole?s Catle of Otranto, though dramatized by Jephson, has few imitations. Clara Reeve?s English Baron was the best, but even she in vain beckoned authors to cross the magic threshold of Gothic romance. They paused on the verge, gazed with wistful romance, and forbore to enter its mysterious precincts.? |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Charles Robert 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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Clara Reeve |
| Title: | The Old English Baron |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London, 1777 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4099 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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 (1818) | |
| Page: | 48 | |
| Additional comments: | Review article (unsigned) on the publication of Edgeworth's Harrington and Ormond. |
| Citation: | Charles Robert Maturin, The British Review and London Critical Journal (1818), xi (1818), p. 48, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4099, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
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